Explosion on the sun dwarfs the Earth

[rivan]

Would this have done anything to us, if it'd been pointed more at the earth?

http://wimp.com/hugeexplosion/

 

[SunnyD]

The Sun ate at taco bell...

(And yes... a direct burst would release intense amounts of solar radiation and ionized particles. You'd have a wonderful light show from the northern lights (that would extend WAY south), and possible heavy and prolonged interruption of radio communications of various sorts.)

 

[Texashiker]

Further proof of alien weapons testing.

Good thing we are so primitive, maybe they will leave us alone and just study us from a distance.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

This is different from a solar flare or CME?

 

[rivan]

The Sun ate at taco bell...

(And yes... a direct burst would release intense amounts of solar radiation and ionized particles. You'd have a wonderful light show from the northern lights (that would extend WAY south), and possible heavy and prolonged interruption of radio communications of various sorts.)

This is the sort of thing I was really wondering about. I mean, that explosion was many times the size of the Earth itself.

maybe they will leave us alone and just study us from a distance.

For now... :ninja:

 

[Farmer]

Holy shit......

It didn't look like any of it escaped.

 

[Tweak155]

Wow that is scary to watch. That was a HUGE explosion. Unreal in size.

 

[ViviTheMage]

that was huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge, and fast.

 

[Farmer]

that was huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge, and fast.

That was real time?

 

[ViviTheMage]

That was real time?

I am guessing it was.

 

[rivan]

That was real time?

Looking at the timestamp in the video, no. It looks like from start to finish it's a couple hours. Mostly depending on what you call "finish".

Also, scale:

 

[Exterous]

I really hope we are not currently downwind of the sun