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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Monster Solar Prominence
NASA ^
| 1 Aug, 2023
| Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Wenz
Posted on 08/01/2023 2:30:19 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The monsters that live on the Sun are not like us. They are larger than the Earth and made of gas hotter than in any teapot. They have no eyes, but at times, many tentacles. They float. Usually, they slowly change shape and just fade back onto the Sun over about a month. Sometimes, though, they suddenly explode and unleash energetic particles into the Solar System that can attack the Earth. Pictured is a huge solar prominence imaged almost two weeks ago in the light of hydrogen. Captured by a small telescope in Gilbert, Arizona, USA, the monsteresque plume of gas was held aloft by the ever-present but ever-changing magnetic field near the surface of the Sun. Our active Sun continues to show an unusually high number of prominences, filaments, sunspots, and large active regions as solar maximum approaches in 2025.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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posted on
08/01/2023 2:30:34 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
08/01/2023 2:31:08 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
But humans are causing the earth’s atmosphere to get hotter...
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posted on
08/01/2023 2:35:15 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(What comes after America?)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/01/2023 2:37:15 PM PDT
by
married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: MtnClimber
That is some real WOW!
Thanks!
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posted on
08/01/2023 2:47:55 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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posted on
08/01/2023 2:48:10 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: rottndog
Hey, pretty soon the Climate Cretins will blame humans for messing up the SOLAR atmosphere too.
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posted on
08/01/2023 3:12:47 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(E Porcibus Unum )
To: rfp1234
Yup...SUVs are causing Solar Warming...
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posted on
08/01/2023 3:25:41 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(What comes after America?)
To: MtnClimber
My stars, if an interesting monster can't have an interesting hairdo, then I don't know what things are coming to.
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posted on
08/01/2023 3:58:23 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
I bet the Earth would be a tiny dot in the middle of that.
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posted on
08/01/2023 4:09:17 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
To: MtnClimber
I have never seen a solar prominence that looked like that. Thank God it wasn’t aimed at us.
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posted on
08/01/2023 4:44:52 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: MtnClimber
Pareidolia... A flea? No, a hunched over fire troll.
M.C., there are others, but it is an enormous prominence!
To: MtnClimber
The Earth is about the size of your mouse pointer against that pic.........................
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posted on
08/02/2023 5:09:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SkyDancer
About the size of your mouse pointer.............
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posted on
08/02/2023 5:10:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/02/2023 8:33:13 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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