You may think that rain is an exclusively earthly phenomenon. However, contrary to appearances, it is not so, as it is something that also occurs on the sun. If, of course, you are willing to slightly bend the definition of rain.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded some impressive images of an activity on the sun last year, and today released the video of the event to the public.
"On July 19, 2012, an explosion occurred on the sun that created a moderately strong solar flare with a dazzling magnetic phenomenon known as a coronal shower. Hot plasma in the corona cools and condenses along strong magnetic fields in the area," NASA reports.
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“The magnetic fields are invisible, but the plasma that exists is forced to move along the lines, thus they appear intense and extreme ultraviolet wavelengths of 304 Angstroms, which surround the regions as they slowly fall back onto the surface of the Sun”, adds to the description of the phenomenon.
The eruptions create something like a photon beam and manage to thrust solar material into space, forming fiery tongues dictated by strong magnetic fields in the solar crown.
In the video all three appear, a solar flare, a crown-like massive explosion and, finally, the «crown-like rain.” Each second of the video represents six minutes in real time. The entire event lasted about nine hours.
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