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Explanation:
Dramatic prominences can sometimes be seen looming just beyond the edge of the sun.
Such was the case last week as a large prominence,
visible above, highlighted a highly active recent Sun.
A waving sea of hot gas
is visible in the foreground chromosphere in great detail as it was imaged in one
specific color
of light emitted by hydrogen.
A solar prominence is a cloud of solar gas held just above the surface by the
Sun's magnetic field.
The Earth, illustrated in the inset,
is smaller than the prominence.
Although very hot, prominences typically
appear dark when viewed against the
Sun,
since they are slightly cooler than the
photosphere below them.
A quiescent prominence
typically lasts about a month, and may
erupt in a
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) expelling hot gas into the
Solar System, some of which may strike the Earth and trigger
auroras.
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Sun - solar maximum - Протуберанец - Солнце - Солнечная активность
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