Amateur astronomers around the world are monitoring a magnificent prominence arcing over the sun's western limb. Alan Friedman of Buffalo, New York, sees it as evidence of a "pachydermosphere--a little known region above the atmosphere of the sun where elephants roam." He drew his conclusion from this picture, which he took from his backyard observatory on July 25th:
Can't see the elephant? All it takes is a little helio-nephelococcygia.
This prominence--a magnetic filament filled with hot plasma--has been suspended above the stellar surface for days. A collapse might be overdue. Astronomers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.
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This prominence--a magnetic filament filled with hot plasma--has been suspended above the stellar surface for days. A collapse might be overdue. Astronomers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.
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