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06-01-08, 11:09 AM
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/prom1743_eit.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/prom1743_eit_big.gif) A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence
Credit: SOHO Consortium (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/),EIT (http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/),ESA (http://www.esa.int/),NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/)
Explanation: Ten Earth (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0208/earthlights02_dmsp_big.jpg)s could easily fit in the "claw" of this seemingly solar monster. The monster, though, visible on the lower left, is a huge eruptive prominence seen moving (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030223.html) out from our Sun (http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html). The above dramatic image taken early in the year 2000 by the Sun-orbiting SOHO satellite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHO_satellite). This large prominence, though, is significant not only for its size, but its shape. The twisted figure eight shape indicates that a complex magnetic field (http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Spotlight/Magnetic/sun.html) threads through the emerging solar particles (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html). Differential rotation (http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/00/pr0015.htm) inside theSun might help account for the surface explosion (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031029.html). Although large prominence (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970127.html)s and energetic Coronal Mass Ejection (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000309.html)s (CMEs) are relatively rare, they are occurred more frequently near Solar Maximum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum), the time of peak sunspot and solar activity (http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/~reames/DARK7.HTML) in the eleven-year solar cycle (http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml).
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080601.html)
Credit: SOHO Consortium (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/),EIT (http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/),ESA (http://www.esa.int/),NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/)
Explanation: Ten Earth (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0208/earthlights02_dmsp_big.jpg)s could easily fit in the "claw" of this seemingly solar monster. The monster, though, visible on the lower left, is a huge eruptive prominence seen moving (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030223.html) out from our Sun (http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html). The above dramatic image taken early in the year 2000 by the Sun-orbiting SOHO satellite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHO_satellite). This large prominence, though, is significant not only for its size, but its shape. The twisted figure eight shape indicates that a complex magnetic field (http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Spotlight/Magnetic/sun.html) threads through the emerging solar particles (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html). Differential rotation (http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/00/pr0015.htm) inside theSun might help account for the surface explosion (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031029.html). Although large prominence (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970127.html)s and energetic Coronal Mass Ejection (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000309.html)s (CMEs) are relatively rare, they are occurred more frequently near Solar Maximum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum), the time of peak sunspot and solar activity (http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/~reames/DARK7.HTML) in the eleven-year solar cycle (http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml).
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080601.html)