Solar prominence
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In solar physics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anc
Solar prominence seen in true color during totality of a solar eclipse.
H-alpha image of an active region filament showing a spine, two barbs, and chromospheric fibrils oriented parallel to the PIL
Solar eclipse, Miles Landing 8 21 17
2023 04 20 Solar Eclipse in Timor Leste 6
Coronal loop
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In solar physics, a coronal loop is an ill-defined arch-like structure in the Sun's atmosphere made up of relatively dense plasma confined and isolated from the surrounding medium by magnetic flux tub
Typical coronal loops observed by TRACE
Full-disk mosaic of the million-degree corona by TRACE