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The Sun seen in ultraviolet by Soho. January 18 2000.

by

Nasa/ESA/Soho/Eit/Novapix

Reference

a-sol02-01003

Date

2006-11-11

Image of a large, twirling prominence taken on Jan. 18, 2000. Prominences are huge clouds of relatively cool dense plasma suspended in the Sun's hot, thin corona. At times, they can erupt, escaping the Sun's atmosphere