Screen grab of Space.com
Photographer: Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Posted: 01/02/2013
Fireworks could be seen all across the world on New Year’s Eve, and even outside of this world.
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Two blasts on the eastern edge of the sun provided quite the show on Dec. 31, 2012.
The below video comes via Space.com and was captured at the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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Scientists compare it to the one that killed off the dinosaurs. But, before you start scrambling for the next shuttle flight off this planet, rest assured: It will not strike Earth.