Karlis Posted September 3, 2011 #1 Share Posted September 3, 2011 This image shows a solar prominence at the edge of the sun. A prominence is an arched, loop-shaped, exploding stream of solar plasma — a mixture of hot gas and charged particles — that shoots into space. Prominences form from dense plasma clouds that have been caught in the sun's magnetic field lines and then break free with explosions. A prominence may shoot into space at speeds as high as about 800 miles/sec (1,300 km/sec), last for months and be hundreds of thousands of miles long. ... (snip) ... Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesque Orion Posted September 5, 2011 #2 Share Posted September 5, 2011 The power behind all this is absolutely ming-boggling, magnificient though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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