This range of a function was choose only a few hours ago , and it shows an absolutely monolithic solar prominence ripple outward from the Sun . This colossal plasma loop might be 500,000 mile long – that ’s 60 times the diameter of Earth .
These features are known as prominence , and they shape in the sun ’s photosphere . cool plasm push out into the red-hot , ionise flatulency of the Sun ’s electric glow , creating monumental loop topology that take about a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to form but can sometimes stay for months . This particular bulge , one of the biggest we ’ve ever seen , is n’t expected to last much longer than a few hours , after which it should harmlessly break up .
But right about now , there ’s a loop of plasma melt down around the Sun that could encircle the Earth twenty times over . That ’s utterly awesome , and here ’s the in particular crazy minute . That picture above was take in ultraviolet light . Here ’s what you ’d actually see if you were in space around the Sun right now :
The prominence is unbelievably long , but it ’s also very thin , making it completely invisible next to the visible light coming off of the surface of the Sun . That fact have us even more privileged to be able-bodied to see something like this – humans have been staring up at the Sun for eons , but we ’re one of the first generation that is in reality able to see a visual sense like this .
[ viaBad Astronomy ]
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