• Disc view of the sun, with multiple prominences of plasma floating away from the Sun as well as sunspot clusters.
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    This image of the Sun's atmosphere was taken with a 100mm Hydrogen Alpha telescope. This image reveals large Sunspot groups as well as some prominences in the Sun's chromosphere. 

  • Disc view of the sun, with multiple prominences of plasma floating away from the Sun as well as sunspot clusters.

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February 15, 2011

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Erin Braswell

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WEB11778-2011

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Smithsonian Public Observatory Project

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