近距离观察太阳的壮观

　　Forget Iceland's volcano. If you want to see a really big eruption, you need to head to the Sun.

　　想见识什么才叫做真正的“大爆发”么？不要想冰岛的那座火山了，你应该膜拜一下太阳。

　　This astonishing image - captured by a new Nasa space telescope - shows a ferocious solar flare looping out the Sun with the power of 100 hydrogen bombs.

　　这张震惊的图片是被美国宇航局太空望远镜拍到的，我们看到，一团炽热的猛烈喷发出的火焰包围着太阳，其释放出的能量相当于100个氢弹。

　　The ring of fire, heated to tens of millions of degrees, stretches out tens of thousands of miles - and is so big it could contain more than 100 Earths.

　　这团火焰有几千万摄氏度，它的火舌向外延展了几万公里，甚至能包裹住100个地球。

　　The pictures were taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the Sun.

　　这些照片都是在太阳动力学观测站上拍摄到的，它目前是研究太阳这个天体中，最先进的航天器。

　　The clarity of the SDO images means that it will feed back to Nasa on Earth more comprehensive science data than any other solar observing spacecraft.

　　从太阳动力学观测站上拍摄的这些清晰照片表明，它将会把更全面的科学数据反馈给美国航天局，这些数据要远比其它那些观测航天器全面的多。

　　Every day it sends out 1.5 terabytes of data, equal to 500,000 songs on an MP3 player.

　　每天它会传送出1.5兆位组的数据，相当于一个储存了五十万首歌曲的Mp3播放器。

　　Some of the images show never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots.

　　一些照片暴露了以前我们从来没看到过的太阳上面的细节图片，比如远离或处于太阳黑子外部的物质流。

　　Others show extreme close-ups of activity on the Sun’s surface.

　　其它一些图片则给太阳表面的极端活动做了特写。