National Air and Space Museum Image Detail

Sun - January 19, 2011

This full disk image of the Sun's chromosphere in the light of hydrogen-alpha shows a group of Sunspots to the upper left, as well as several large prominences protruding from the Sun's surface.

Image Number: WEB11739-2011
Credit: Photo by Erin Braswell, Smithsonian Public Observatory Project
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