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Hedgerow Prominence, John O'Neal, NC Stargazer

Hedgerow Prominence

Hedgerow Prominence, John O'Neal, NC Stargazer

Hedgerow Prominence

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An enormous cloud of plasma rotated into view over the sun's eastern limb on September 17th, 2015. The plasma cloud is held above the surface of the sun by solar magnetic fields. Stretching more than 600,000 km from end to end, it is truly enormous, by far the largest structure on the sun today.

Astronomers call this kind of magnetized cloud a "hedgerow prominence." NASA and Japanese space telescopes have taken high resolution images of of similar prominences and seen some amazing things such as tadpole-shaped plumes that float up from the base of the prominence; narrow streams of plasma that descend from the top like waterfalls; and swirls and vortices that resemble van Gogh's Starry Night.

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