Watch this and other space videos at SpaceRip.com From NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. Solar flares may seem like far-away events, but they can damage satellites...
What appears to be a coronal cavity, instead of launching into space with an eruption, stands it's ground and deflects the filament! Image data obtained...
Download the full clips from the SDO site --- dates 5/15/2012 through 5/17/2012: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov see the projected path of the flare here (not earth directed):...