Plasma Rain - A Special Solar Flare

This amazing eruption occurred on the 19th July 2012. A lot of plasma has been ejected into the Sun's corona; it then condenses and falls back down again. One second of this video corresponds to 6 min in real time; the whole scene covers almost one day.

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