Solar Storm Watch

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[turtlepace72]

One of the biggest prominences in years erupted from the sun's northwestern limb today. The massive plasma-filled structure rose up and burst during a ~2 hour period around 0900 UT. Mark Townley sends this freeze-frame from his backyard observatory in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK:

http://www.spaceweather.com/submissions/pics/m/Mark-Townley-mega-prom-full-disk_1271156607.jpg?PHPSESSID=1g8h3ks0h4m81mbn5b1ppb7f15