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Solar Prominence

Acquired September 26 and 27, 2009, these images provide two views of a filament or prominence erupting from the Sun. One view shows a relatively dark filament against the bright background of the Sun. The other view shows the bright prominence against the blackness of space.


NASA images courtesy Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) science team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published October 16, 2009
Data acquired September 26, 2009

Source:
SOHO