Early morning on June 7, 2011, an amazingly massive and spectacular event took place on the Sun; a huge prominence eruption, marked by a solar flare and release of energetic particles. Daniel Pendick from the Geeked on Goddard blog described it as a "fountain of plasma that blasts out of the solar surface, spreads outward, and collapses to splat back down."

Enjoy the beautiful astro-timelapse video below.

Io: The Prometheus Plume

Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA

This amazing tool gives you a small idea of the incredible scale of the universe.

Thanks Kimball!

NASA