• A part of the sun with prominences of plasma floating from the top of the sphere
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    This image of the Sun's Chromosphere was taken with our Lunt 100 mm h-alpha telescope, and a Lumenera 2-0C camera. These looping prominences are made up of plasma that is being drawn off of the Sun along magnetic field lines. 

  • A part of the sun with prominences of plasma floating from the top of the sphere

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October 21, 2010

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Erin Braswell

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WEB11654-2010

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Smithsonian Public Observatory Project

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