This mid-level (M1.2) solar flare was accompanied by a magnificent prominence (filament, if observed on the solar disk) eruption that turned into an impressive coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 18, 2015.
During the rising phase of eruptions, prominences often exhibit complex pre-flare disturbances, typically showing short-lived helical structures in the lower corona.
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icitZubDmFI
Credit: NASA/GSFC
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<...short-lived helical structures in the lower corona...> I guess that would be stretched and twisted lines of magnetic field braking lose from the confines of the sub-surface plasma Yes??
ReplyDeleteDoesn't this prove the sun is male?
ReplyDeleteMark Peaty
ReplyDeleteIndeed ;)