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Slithering Prominence
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A prominence at the sun's edge shifted and slithered back and forth over a one-day period (Nov. 29-30, 2017). Prominences are strands of charged particles suspended above the sun's surface that are pulled and tugged by magnetic forces. This kind of close-up also shows the kind of dynamic activity taking place all over the sun's surface. The bright area further down from the prominence is an active region, an area of intense tangles of magnetic forces.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSlithering Prominence. NASA/JPL, 2017-12-11. Public domain. ID: PIA22123.
