This picture is of the Sun on April 13th 2010, and shows its largest eruption in 15 years. According to NASA 126 Earths fit into that plasma 500,000-mile-long tongue.
The picture was taken by the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO).
Apparently if that eruption was pointed directly at the earth we would have been in a lot of trouble. Makes you think about how small and fragile we all are.
There is also video footage available.
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