Filament Eruption On Sun Creates 250,000-Mile-Long 'Canyon Of Fire'

A massive filament eruption on the sun carved out a ~250,000-mile-long (~400,000 km) 'canyon of fire'. See time-lapsed footage from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory here.

Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta