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Intermission: NASA Captures Stunning 'Rain' on the Sun

On July 19th, 2012, an eruption occurred on the surface of the sun, which NASA recorded through the Solar Dynamics Observatory's AIA instrument.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFT7ATLQQx8

On July 19th, 2012, an eruption occurred on the surface of the sun, which NASA recorded through the Solar Dynamics Observatory's AIA instrument.

Each second of this video corresponds to 6 minutes in real time!