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PIA03149: Handle-shaped Prominence
NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope aboard ESA's SOHO spacecraft took this image of a huge, handle-shaped prominence in 1999. Prominences are huge clouds of relatively cool dense plasma suspended in the Sun's hot, thin corona.
 Target Name:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  SOHO 
 Spacecraft:  SOHO
 Instrument:  Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope 
 Product Size:  2100 x 2034 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Consortium 
 Addition Date:  2001-02-17 
 Primary Data Set:  SOHO_PAGE 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03149.tif (4.315 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03149.jpg (409.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) image of a huge, handle-shaped prominence taken on Sept. 14, 1999 taken in the 304 angstrom wavelength - Prominences are huge clouds of relatively cool dense plasma suspended in the Sun's hot, thin corona. At times, they can erupt, escaping the Sun's atmosphere. Emission in this spectral line shows the upper chromosphere at a temperature of about 60,000 degrees K. Every feature in the image traces magnetic field structure. The hottest areas appear almost white, while the darker red areas indicate cooler temperatures.

SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. See the SOHO web page at http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov for more details.

Image Credit:
ESA/NASA/SOHO

Image Addition Date:
2001-02-17