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This is awesome. I'd actually already seen it on the day it was released. Shobhit sent out a notice on facebook. Nice idea to post it here. I think we will be getting more updates from the SDO in the days to come, and we can add those images and clips here.
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SDO captures a
Coronal Mass Ejection.
That is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. And supposedly it is not a big eruption. Wonder what a big one would look like. :shudder:
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SDO caught a massive solar Prominence:
![[Image: MPqGI.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/MPqGI.jpg)
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BadAstronomer has the background on the prominence.