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

41K views · 310 reactions | Solar Prominence by Hinode Solar...

1.7K views · 130 reactions | A large eruption occurs off the limb of the Sun in this image sequence, and you can see the solar prominence in the lower right. ☀️ Prominences appear when relatively cooler gas from lower layers of the Sun’s atmosphere is trapped in a magnetic field loop that extends outward from the Sun’s surface, into the hotter corona. Video: NASA | Canadian Space Agency | Facebook