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    Eruptive prominence

    Date: 02 Jun 1998
    Satellite: SOHO
    Copyright: SOHO/LASCO (ESA & NASA)

    LASCO C2 coronograph image in which a twisting, helical-shaped CME spins off from the Sun. This particular CME and erupting prominence is somewhat unusual in that the width of the blast is relatively narrow and the strands of plasma are twisting. The dark disk blocks the Sun so that the LASCO instrument can observe the structures of the corona in visible light. The white circle represents the size and position of the Sun.


    Last Update: 30 May 2005

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    • INFO 19-1998: SOHO sees two comets plunge into Sun

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