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Delicate Prominence of the Sun, Harold Soto

Delicate Prominence of the Sun

Delicate Prominence of the Sun, Harold Soto

Delicate Prominence of the Sun

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An extremely delicate and detailed developed prominence was visible on March 19. It was pretty much gone in 30 minutes. It is incredible to be able to capture those momentary moments of immense force and beauty on the Sun. The seeing was poor while capturing this image and using a barlow made it difficult to achieve any sharpness or detail.

A solar prominence (also known as a filament when viewed against the solar disk) is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun’s surface. Prominences are anchored to the Sun’s surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun’s hot outer atmosphere, called the corona. A prominence forms over timescales of about a day, and stable prominences may persist in the corona for several months, looping hundreds of thousands of miles into space

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Delicate Prominence of the Sun, Harold Soto