Another cloud free day in Scotland let me catch almost 9 hours of this huge and lively prom. Taken with my home made 90mm modded Coronado PST and DMK21 camera. Software: CdC, Eqmod, DSSR, AutoStakkert!, Wavesharp, DVS, Shotcut and Gimp.
David Wilson on April 8, 2025 @ Inverness, Scotland
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That gap is actually magnetic field lines suspending the plasma above the surface - its like the plasma is “riding” along magnetic highways in the sun’s atmosphere, and the space between isnt empty but filled with less dense solar atmosphere thats invisible at this wavelenght.