An astrophotographer was able to photograph a giant " According to Space. com, such "

Argentinian Eduardo Schaberger Pupo was able to photograph the prominence using special equipment. According to him, the “wall” of plasma rose about 100 thousand kilometers above the surface of the Sun..

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Solar corona prominences are similar to ordinary prominences - loops of plasma or ionized gas that are ejected from the surface of the Sun under the influence of magnetic fields.. But coronal prominences occur near the poles of the star, where the magnetic fields are much stronger, causing them to often fall back into the Sun..

The plasma of such prominences is in free fall, but moves at speeds up to 36 thousand kilometers per hour, which is much faster than the magnetic fields should allow.. Why this happens, scientists do not yet know..

A 2021 study showed that solar corona prominences go through two phases during formation. Slow, when the plasma is slowly ejected upward, and fast, when it accelerates, approaching the peak height. It is possible that this affects how the plasma falls back to the surface of the Sun, but more research is needed to confirm this..

Recall that on March 23-24, the inhabitants of the Earth could observe the northern lights much further south than usual.. They were caused by a category G4 magnetic storm - the strongest in the last six years - that hit our planet.