• HINODE • Solar Prominence 15.4.2020 • Solar prominence is cool gas floating in the solar atmosphere. Prominence material is denser than surrounding coronal plasma, but it is sometimes suspended in the corona for a long time. Coronal magnetic fields could act like a hammock, supporting the prominence material. Prominence plasma moves violently. Hinode showed that prominence is not still; it is a collection of fine scale structures churning vertically. Gas in the prominence moves up and down, sh

35K views · 357 shares | 10x the diameter of Earth, this solar prominence rising up above the Sun's surface was spotted by our Solar Dynamics Observatory last week. Prominences are unstable clouds of cooler plasma suspended above the Sun by strong magnetic forces. They often fall apart after a few days. Check it out: https://go.nasa.gov/2Qen39h | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook