Spectacular solar eruption captured by scientists (VIDEO)

Published time: April 17, 2012 17:33
Edited time: April 17, 2012 22:14
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The sun has erupted in a spectacular flare, sending an outburst of heated plasma far into space. The eruption occurred along the sun's eastern limb and was not aimed towards Earth, scientists say.

­The flare was captured by NASA specialists and categorized as a class M flare, which is right in the middle on the scale of sun storms.

Although the eruption looked tremendous it was not the strongest solar activity of the year. Earlier this year the Earth was battered by two massive solar storms that sent streams of charged particles towards the planet.

Scientists say the sun is currently in an active phase of its 11-year solar cycle and is expected to reach peak activity in 2013.

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cyHb_BblHb 18.04.2012 01:49

i can not be certain and i am not accusing anyone of anything but to me this "Jill" character is nothing more than an employee of a patriotic CIA endorsed company that spreads disinformation, rumors, that takes part in smear campaigns and so on. not much talk coming out of "Jill". mostly links . Suspicious pattern

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cyHb_BblHb 18.04.2012 01:30

dear Jill. in order to establish a standard for truth let's use spy's approach to confirm that the intel they received is true. when intel is being received from one source only it can not be treated as 100 per cent true. if a different source confirms that they also received similar intel you can count on it to be 50 per cent accurate. for you to consider something true you would also need a third source. your intel comes from a pack of sources, but they all have one thing in common - they all feed from the same plate. and it's the same plate in both respects: money and intel. which&nb sp;makes your sources at the very least untrustworthy. 

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Guy Incognito 17.04.2012 21:58

How about you find out the truth about BBC, MNSBC, CNN, FOX and the rest of the media clowns. Everyone has an agenda. Either pro-western or anti-western (more criticism than anti), it is up to you to filter out your news and what you want to believe. I believe in freedom of information. I rather watch RT than listen 1 minute to the fascist rhetoric about immigrants and war propaganda and the lies about the economical "strong and stabil" first world. And next time...one link will suffice. Quality not quantity

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