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Credit & Copyright: Chuck Ayoub
(Chuck's Astrophotography)
Explanation:
Sometimes the Sun's surface becomes a whirlwind of activity.
Pictured is a time-lapse video of the
Sun's surface taken over a two hour period in early May, run both forwards and
backwards.
The Sun's surface was blocked out so that
details
over the edge could be imaged in greater detail.
Hot plasma is seen swirling over the
solar
limb in an ongoing battle between changing
magnetic fields and constant gravity.
The featured
prominence rises about one
Earth-diameter over the Sun's surface.
Energetic events like
this are becoming less common as the Sun nears a minimum in its
11-year activity cycle.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Sun
Publications with words: Sun
See also:
- APOD: 2024 September 2 Á A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
- APOD: 2024 August 18 Á A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 28 Á Sun Dance
- Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun
- APOD: 2024 May 28 Á Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
- APOD: 2024 May 26 Á A Solar Filament Erupts