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Plasma falling to the surface of the sun. (i.imgur.com)
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Another cloud free day in Scotland let me catch almost 9 hours of this huge and lively prom. Taken with my home made 90mm modded Coronado PST and DMK21 camera. Software: CdC, Eqmod, DSSR, AutoStakkert!, Wavesharp, DVS, Shotcut and Gimp.

David Wilson on April 8, 2025 @ Inverness, Scotland

https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=221951

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Nuh-uh, come on, that can't be real. So cool.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Even cooler: solar flares and mass ejections come about when one of the lines snaps like a whip and hurls billions of tonnes of plasma into space. Search: solar magnetic reconnection.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I see words in this thread but don’t understand, but are you saying here that those streams / clouds are taught? In order to be snapped.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yes, the material the streams are made of is magnetic, and there is a strong and unusual magnetic field around the sun. So those streams are trapped by magnetism.