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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
NASA ^ | 2 Sep, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Andrea Vanoni

Posted on 09/02/2024 12:56:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun? Although the shape is unusual, the type of structure is not: it is part of an evolving solar prominence. Looping magnetic fields on the Sun channel the flow of energetic particles, sometimes holding glowing gaseous structures aloft for months. A prominence glows brightly because it contains particularly hot, dense, or opaque solar plasma. The surprising triangular structure occurred last week. Larger than our Earth, the iconic prominence was imaged by several solar photographers and documented by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory to form and violently dissipate in about a day. The featured image was captured in a color of red light emitted strongly by hydrogen. Below, solar fibrils carpet the Sun's chromosphere, while the background sky is so faint in comparison that no stars are visible. Our Sun's surface has been quite active this year.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 09/02/2024 12:56:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 09/02/2024 12:57:18 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

๐Ÿช ๐ŸŒŸ ๐ŸŒŒ ๐Ÿ”

3 posted on 09/02/2024 12:59:07 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

The influence of the magnetic fields is incredible.


4 posted on 09/02/2024 12:59:51 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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Awe-inspiring.


5 posted on 09/02/2024 1:02:24 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
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To: MtnClimber

Trumpโ€™s fault no doubt


6 posted on 09/02/2024 1:10:00 PM PDT by laweeks (///)
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To: MtnClimber

That must be part of the Mighty Host that we were told of many years ago.


7 posted on 09/02/2024 1:17:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
part of the Mighty Host

He hovers over the sun
no surprise here

8 posted on 09/02/2024 1:37:24 PM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: MtnClimber

And that structure is bigger than earth....


9 posted on 09/02/2024 1:59:45 PM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: MtnClimber

It doesnโ€™t seem possible that something like that could be larger than this whole planet, the scale is just mind-boggling.


10 posted on 09/02/2024 2:03:53 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! ๐Ÿ”ญ)
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To: MtnClimber

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iKtk_sj3Ul0&pp=ygUITWFnbmV0YXI%3D


11 posted on 09/02/2024 2:18:48 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MtnClimber

That is a shag carpet!


12 posted on 09/02/2024 2:47:58 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: 17th Miss Regt

thank God it’s not green.


13 posted on 09/02/2024 3:35:18 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: MtnClimber

Looks like what you see in a fireplace at times.
Know that the wisp of fire is much larger then the earth.
We would be flicked out of existence if in the way of that.

Also man does not warm up the planet nor cause it to cool.
The sun and the earth’s orbit and the movement of the continents and water circulation cause the weather changes.


14 posted on 09/03/2024 2:45:12 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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Great video of the sun’s solar activity.
Shows comparison of earth to it.
https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1830644312948003289


15 posted on 09/03/2024 9:25:02 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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