A Solar Prominence Erupts in STEREO
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091020.html
This is a picture of a large prominence that erupted from the Sun. It was taken by one of the STEREO satellites. NASA launched the STEREO, or Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, satellites to be able to view the Sun from two perspectives. They orbit the Sun along Earth's path, but one is ahead of Earth and one is behind. Solar prominences are suspended in magnetic fields and are made up of hot plasma. This particular prominence was very powerful, and was visible for 30 hours.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091020.html
This is a picture of a large prominence that erupted from the Sun. It was taken by one of the STEREO satellites. NASA launched the STEREO, or Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, satellites to be able to view the Sun from two perspectives. They orbit the Sun along Earth's path, but one is ahead of Earth and one is behind. Solar prominences are suspended in magnetic fields and are made up of hot plasma. This particular prominence was very powerful, and was visible for 30 hours.
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