Enjoy the SDO video of plasma “rain”.

http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_100428_sdo

A massive eruption on the surface of the sun that sent tons of plasma raining down our nearest star has been caught on camera by NASA’s new solar observatory.

The huge solar eruption was recorded by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and announced less than a week after the space agency released the space telescope’s first images.

The aftermath of the eruption, which occurred on April 19, can be seen in video from the sun-watching observatory.  [read more here]