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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun
NASA ^ | 15 Jun, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Steen Søndergaard

Posted on 06/15/2024 2:45:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: This colorized and digitally sharpened image of the Sun is composed of frames recording emission from hydrogen atoms in the solar chromosphere on May 15. Approaching the maximum of solar cycle 25, a multitude of planet-dwarfing active regions and twisting, snake-like solar filaments are seen to sprawl across the surface of the active Sun. Suspended in the active regions' strong magnetic fields, the filaments of plasma lofted beyond the Sun's edge appear as bright solar prominences. The large prominences seen near 4 o'clock, and just before 9 o'clock around the solar limb are post flare loops from two powerful X-class solar flares that both occurred on that day. In fact, the 4 o'clock prominence is associated with the monster active region AR 3664 just rotating off the Sun's edge.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 06/15/2024 2:45:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 06/15/2024 2:45:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 06/15/2024 2:46:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

Wow.


4 posted on 06/15/2024 2:46:37 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

I see worms and black mold patches.


5 posted on 06/15/2024 3:00:21 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

I see a cheeseburger and the bun is not on yet.


6 posted on 06/15/2024 3:14:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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A ball of lint.


7 posted on 06/15/2024 3:23:05 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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corona Virus?


8 posted on 06/15/2024 3:30:17 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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That’s the first thing I thought of, but then I figured a virus ain’t worthy of the name without those spikey things.


9 posted on 06/15/2024 3:33:10 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: DannyTN

I see a dog’s well-worn fetch toy.


10 posted on 06/15/2024 4:08:17 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MtnClimber

The earth is but a dot compared to the sun.
Yet man is causing “climate change”....


11 posted on 06/15/2024 5:18:33 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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