Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Moreton Wave
(A Tsunami On The Sun)

How cool is this!?

This imagery is shown on Astronomy Picture of the Day and titled, A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun.

According to the site,

"The rampaging tsunami took out some active filaments on the Sun, although many re-established themselves later. The solar tsunami spread at nearly one million kilometers per hour, and circled the entire Sun in a matter of minutes."

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