• A part of the sun with prominences of plasma floating above the sphere
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    This image of the Sun's chromosphere was taken with the Public Observatory's Hydrogen-alpha Solar Telescope. The wisps of hot plasma protruding off the edge of the Sun are called prominences. The dark lines on the surface of the Sun, called filaments, are physically the same as prominences, only facing towards us on the Sun's disk. 

  • A part of the sun with prominences of plasma floating above the sphere

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July 28, 2010

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Erin Braswell

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WEB11580-2010

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