Colossal Solar Filament Eruption Sculpts 250,000-Mile ‘Canyon of Fire’ on the Sun’s Surface
On July 15, a massive filament eruption from the sun’s northeastern limb exploded in an eye-popping explosion of solar filth and fury, and a bright chunk of it was blown half a million miles into space – a quarter the distance between the Earth and the moon. High-definition video of the event was captured by…