Colossal Sun Eruption Carves 250,000-Mile 'Canyon of Fire'
A massive filament eruption on July 15 reshaped the sun's surface, creating a 250,000-mile-long glowing trench of hot plasma. The event, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, left behind a towering 'canyon of fire' that reached 12,400 miles high. While visually stunning, these eruptions can also lead to coronal mass ejections that may impact Earth's geomagnetic activity.
On July 15, a colossal filament erupted from the sun's northeastern limb, reshaping part of the sun's surface and releasing a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The eruption carved a glowing trench of hot plasma over 250,000 miles long, similar to the distance from Earth to the moon.
The event was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, showing the filament unraveling and leaving behind a 'canyon of fire' with towering walls reaching about 12,400 miles high. These glowing rifts form when the sun's magnetic field lines violently snap and realign after an eruption.
Filaments are cooler, dense ribbons of solar plasma that can erupt dramatically, sometimes causing CMEs that can trigger geomagnetic storms on Earth. While the recent filament eruption released a CME, it is not directed towards Earth.
According to the source: Space.
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