Watch sunspot AR3664 grow into a giant in 3-day time-lapse

Highly active sunspot AR3664 grew tremendously from May 6-9, 2024. See a time-lapse of the region here.
As of May 9, it was about 15-Earths wide.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org| edited by [Steve Spaleta]( / stevespaleta )

[@muckerwood]

The flare at the "bottom" of the sun as seen with the naked eye during the eclipse was a once in a lifetime event. I'll never forget it.

[@smileygladhands]

I saw that. I had binoculars with me and seeing that ruby red prominence was incredible.

[@pandzban4533]

Solar Flare is short emission of Gamma Rays, mostly with Coronal Mass Ejection. The red prominence is Chromosphere. It emits Hydrogen alpha transition mostly and Calcium II. Completely different from the rest of the sun light emission which is continuous white spectrum of light. You witnessed something that is only visible during totality with a naked eye. The true color of ionized hydrogen in gaseous form. The rest is clear white, including corona. Very close to emission of typical Black Body at app. 5772 Kelvin. Hydrogen in ionized gaseous form doesn't emit continuous light. Only solids or liquids can. Think about it.

[@muckerwood]

@@smileygladhands Same here, only I had to pass around my binoculars to 2 of my daughters and a couple of their friends. But no matter, it was indeed incredible.

[@MrMa1981]

MF

[@thisissostupidqsdfva]

I could see the red twinkle of it with the naked eye. My family was all wondering what it was and I guessed a solar flare. Glad I was right😁

[@MrWiseinheart]

Aww look at that cute smile. 0:44

[@thoryan3057]

Cute lil guy :)

[@Ben_the_Ignorant]

I watched it almost every morning for a week with a white light filter; it's still huge today May 12, and not too close to the edge of the Sun, you can see it for a couple more days. It's very impressive for the size and the intricacy of the shapes and shades.

[@dplouro]

Back in the eighties, I suppose around 1982, I saw sunspots with the naked eye at sunset. It was in my hometown in Portugal.

[@redmadness265]

Very cool!

[@mattb6646]

Probably your cornea burning

[@dplouro]

@@mattb6646 not at sunset. You never watched a beach sunset? I mean in the West coast if you are American. The Sun doesn’t burn your eyes when is so close to the ocean. You can look directly to it. 40 kms north to my hometown. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5vdY413lMeLf9Esi=Tim069Ndh7IvXykl

[@mattb6646]

@@dplouro yes I know, I was just kidding

[@jonos138]

As a kid i used to project the sun via telescope onto a sheet of paper to watch sunspots.

[@8731Cordova]

Thanks

[@MechaBorne]

It could be seen in Texas with the naked eye when smoke from wildfires covered the sky

[@FleshWizard69420]

Americans: we have AR15s The Sun with it's AR3664:

[@henryvillanueva7110]

Looks like a bruise followed by hematoma on the surface of the Sun... Awesome!

[@Astrofrank]

Currently observing the sun. The large active reagion is really impressive, even with moderate seeing.

[@BenjySparky]

Amazing

[@ulisessolis3182]

Simply amazing

[@LazyOtaku]

That's supposedly 16 times bigger than earth

[@George.Coleman]

No. Bigger

[@wakaeason98]

29

[@cg56578]

Next one will come soon, nothing is over its just the start.

[@George.Coleman]

@@cg56578 OK mR sUnGoD

[@cg56578]

@@George.Coleman earths magnetic field is weakening too

[@cosmicwind8800]

Someone must finally take responsibility for this mess on the Sun!

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

“There’s a little black spot on the sun today. Same old thing as yesterday.” (King Of Pain) The Police - Synchronicity album released in 1983

[@briannolan6328]

The sun, it’s just smiling at me…..

[@tl7691]

All I know is if that thing goes out we’re all dead

[@JeannetteReed]

Or belches too, Too loudly, straight at us, we're toast. What're the odds? Astronomical! R r r, pun.

[@PapaSchlumpf78]

It would be cool if you put the Earth next to it on a scale!

[@JeannetteReed]

Umm, theoretically yes, but we need to be far away to see the comparative size relation. I do like the "earth" spot to scale inside the looping plasma filaments. Only on paper, art, or one's keen imagination, m'k?

[@perfectionbox]

Ahhh, the sun is so fluffy 🥰

[@muraz4ki]

Yea don't hug it though

[@russmiller3745]

I’ve been starting at the Sun, for I don’t know, 8 or 10 hrs. I can’t see anything.

[@userbosco]

That's just the sun blowing us a kiss

[@Paul1958R]

Why does spot appear to be a 'bottom' of sun right now (5.10.24 3:25pm)

[@JeannetteReed]

List the dates spot 3664 will face Earth, pls. I'm loving the spot watch!! 🤓

[@emmabradford137]

nice music

[@stringercorrales6627]

Thanks. I don’t see that at all with eclipse glasses 👓.

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Try a fixed shade welder’s helmet.

[@dariopozos]

Scary

[@lourdessilva6442]

Sem palavras

[@62873milehi420]

And when it flares holy s@!t !

[@correct5619]

There's a huge solar storm happening tonight

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

Nothing changes

[@adalbertoortiz81]

Well to be clear, 2024 is when the sun peak high in the 7 year cycle so spect to have more sun spots, beside the sun is gradually growing

[@Massiveexplosion]

At may 10 4pm I took a photo of the sun and you can see it

[@aaronlim13]

What this spot means

[@rithikbalaji8321]

Is it like a strom

[@stephens1726]

The sun is clearly made out of cheddar cheese.

[@thoryan3057]

You sir are going places

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Kinda looks like Colby Jack Cheese to me.

[@JeannetteReed]

​@@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo right? With caraway seeds.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

And how did you capture these images at night?

[@Amosprth]

Honey, We cant see the sun at night from the Earth The Person who capture this video Probably use and filter and Focus on the sun (obviously during the day time) Or Maybe they might have Capture this from the telescopes You know

[@Pdralha]

É por isso que muita gente acredita que o Sol é o dono de tudo, o Sol é surpreendente como já dizia o Don Carlos "Mister Sun" mas é só uma criação de Deus,❤

[@111jimi]

sun spot sun!!!!

[@imnotthatmatt6524]

That’s where I’d land

[@ezeclaus2027]

Que le da brillo al sol? 🤔

[@JohanPerea14]

La gracia del espíritu santo

[@juan_matus]

la reacción de fusión nuclear produce fotones ...fotones=luz

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@JohanPerea14 🤦‍♂

[@avesergio]

Магнитная буря говорите?

[@anatmoolmuang7965]

Um.. I don't see the progress clearly, how about putting it up against the original side by side. It would be great.

That's the thing with physics. Everthing's fine. Until it isn't 😀

[@BrianPellerin]

now imagine 1/3 of the sun smitten Rev8:12

[@frankfragale7349]

Is this the real sun or fake one

[@josephlanderos3225]

The fake one. the real sun is on the other side of earth.

[@aspalovin]

The Sun has a big zit it's gonna squeeze and we are the mirror

[@GaryLaaks1]

Pac man

[@konstrakph]

If those spots covers all the sun we'll be in trouble.

[@auyemra1331]

there have been 6 earth directed CMEs in the last 3 days or so. no mention of those?

[@konstrakph]

@@auyemra1331 CMEs are very dangerous to people and to our technology. This is why God gave us mortal lives so that we will not suffer forever.

[@smileygladhands]

We would be, but that's billions of years away. So we're good. And I doubt humans will still be on earth in a million years.

[@juan_matus]

still on earth in a million years ? ...don't be so sure @smiley, don't forget putler or apophis 🖖

[@lenardosbornsjustice5948]

@@smileygladhandsNo it’s not billions. It’s about 3k years. Do your research, the sun my lifetime has gone from being a strong orange, to yellow to now white. Stars turn white before they die. Through research they are able to predict the earths life by monitoring the sun spots. In other words, sun spots are an indicator as to a stars health. Look up William cooper who wrote behold a pale horse. He came across documents that showed our sun has 3 thousand years left. When Edgar Mitchel gave a talk before he died he said the sun had 3 thousand years to live, he then coughed and said oops I meant to say 3 billion years. It’s why Elon wants to get off earth before the star dies. Our earth is heating up because our star is dying.

[@ironsilver5982]

The government is throwing lasers at it 2 u know

[@BangersAndMash98]

How and for what reason?

[@smileygladhands]

Heh. A laser wouldn't do jack to the sun. Just those "tiny" sunspots are as big as 6-7 earths.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

​@@smileygladhandsPeople have a very difficult time understanding scale. Like the scale of how tiny even an Earth-size laser beam would be in relation to the surface of the sun. Not that a laser would have any effect on a fusion reaction like the sun regardless.

[@Paperbutton9]

beep boop lazer is just beeb boop

[@CrackedCandy]

This was not publish worthy

[@frankievallium]

You want a refund?

[@craigflynn22]

Neither was this comment but here we are

[@v0ldy54]

this video is incredible, sorry but you're just dumb if you're not amazed by it

[@Sean-Green]

You're on a channel called "VideoFromSpace" you 🤡

[@jamesmunro8783]

Boring

[@a.c.4054]

Just give it a bit more time, the sun will make our lives very "exciting".

[@dhellis19498]

Boring but you watched it LMAO