# @discovery on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhwVclrslq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12158403-discovery-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/db969b7cda.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-04-11T13:30:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Discovery (@Discovery) — https://gondola.cc/Discovery

## Caption

This image from 2013, shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the Sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the Sun's atmosphere, called a prominence eruption. Shortly thereafter, this same region of the Sun sent a coronal mass ejection out into space.

Studying solar activity is important to better understand how it can impact our planet.

Credit: NASA/SDO

#Earthmonth #earthday #sun #nasa #CME #space #solaractivity

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sun, earthday, solaractivity, nasa, cme, earthmonth, space

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