NASA's SDO Watches Giant Filament on the Sun (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's SDO Watches Giant Filament on the Sun

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A dark snaking line in the upper right of these images on Sept. 30, 2014, show a filament of solar material hovering above the sun's surface. NASA's SDO captured the images in extreme UV light -- different colors represent different wavelengths of light and different temperatures of solar material.

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