STEREO Satellites Spot Solar Flare Tsunami

westtxfun writes "The STEREO satellites recently confirmed the existence of solar mega-tsunamis when they captured height data after a sunspot recently erupted. The scale of this tsunami literally dwarfs the Earth's diameter — it was 62,000 miles high and raced across the surface at 560,000 mph! STEREO A and B orbit 90 degrees apart and luckily, one was overhead while the other saw the eruption on the limb. This gave NASA scientists enough data to confirm the tsunami wasn't a shadow, solving a modern solar mystery. The images are simply stunning, to boot."

Comments

is it sending a stream of neutrinos?

[alen]

that will hit the earth's core and cause the plates to shift like in 2012?

Surf's up

[Darth Sdlavrot]

kawabunga.

Re:Surf's up

[Arthur Grumbine]

Finally Norrin Radd has a chance to prove he's not just a poseur. I mean, seriously, has anyone actually seen him surf anything?!

Re:It is probably 62 miles

[Monkeedude1212]

Yeah sorry, SOMEONE put a comma instead of a decimal. Growing trend.

Solar wave?

[Anonymous Coward]

You imbeciles, clearly they are a series of solar particles!

Too much gaming...

[Taibhsear]

Anyone else see the gifs and think "BOOM! HEADSHOT!"

Re:Large CME?

[Nautical Insanity]

The earth made its reflex save, duh.

Good thing too because the CME receives a huge bonus to damage based on the target's intelligence score.

Re:Recent? Try February.

[conspirator57]

(and I probably should've added a disclaimer earlier -- I work for the STEREO Science Center)

I'm sorry, this is /. Primary sources are not allowed to be involved in the conjectural, ad hominem disputes that pose for debate on this forum. You are welcome to contribute to some other topic, provided that you know nothing about it. Have a nice day.