Posted on 06/24/2022 4:08:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: A solar filament is an enormous stream of incandescent plasma suspended above the active surface of the Sun by looping magnetic fields. Seen against the solar disk it looks dark only because it's a little cooler, and so slightly dimmer, than the solar photosphere. Suspended above the solar limb the same structure looks bright when viewed against the blackness of space and is called a solar prominence. A filaprom would be both of course, a stream of magnetized plasma that crosses in front of the solar disk and extends beyond the Sun's edge. In this hydrogen-alpha close-up of the Sun captured on June 22, active region AR3038 is near the center of the frame. Active region AR3032 is seen at the far right, close to the Sun's western limb. As AR3032 is carried by rotation toward the Sun's visible edge, what was once a giant filament above it is now partly seen as a prominence, How big is AR3032's filaprom? For scale planet Earth is shown near the top right corner.
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Those are actually giant Solar Worms that come to the surface occasionally.
Thankfully none have escaped the intense gravity of the Sun. Yet.
Remind me not to walk there!
very good.
I also see a spider and a fly
The spider was almost completely camouflaged. The fly appears to have been attracted by Uranus.
Do not walk there. You could fall into a wormhole.
There is a bigger pattern there. You have outlined the head of it. A giant solar tick.
And thank you for getting to the bottom of my personal hygiene problem.
A cloud thread might be fun!
I hate giant solar tics.
Those bites itch and burn.
Oh yeah, that is a peacock!
Thanks Mtn. Climber!
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