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A Solar Prominence from SOHO


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#85770 by @ 17.04.2006 00:00 - nach oben -
A Solar Prominence from SOHO

Explanation: How can gas float above the Sun? Twisted magnetic fields arching from the solar surface can trap ionized gas, suspending it in huge looping structures. These majestic plasma arches are seen as prominences above the solar limb. In September 1999, this dramatic and detailed image was recorded by the EIT experiment on board the space-based SOHO observatory in the light emitted by ionized Helium. It shows hot plasma escaping into space as a fiery prominence breaks free from magnetic confinement a hundred thousand kilometers above the Sun. These awesome events bear watching as they can affect communications and power systems over 100 million kilometers away on Planet Earth.

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#85771 by @ 17.04.2006 00:31 - nach oben -
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#85772 by @ 17.04.2006 12:10 - nach oben -
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