SOLAR PROMINENCE


Meaning of SOLAR PROMINENCE in English

Arched stream of hot gas projecting from the Sun 's surface into the chromosphere or corona .

Prominences can be hundreds of thousands of miles long and can be seen with the unaided eye during a total eclipse. They appear to lie along and are supported by loops in the Sun's magnetic field, where they may remain for days to months.

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