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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog Posted August 23, 2017 1:23 am

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Solar Prominences During a Total Solar Eclipse

Solar Prominences During a Total Solar Eclipse

This photo, from the 2017 total solar eclipse, shows solar prominences erupting from the sun. These normally can't be seen because the sun is so bright, but they can be observed when the moon blocks the disk of the sun.

The prominences may look small, but that's only because the sun is so big—these prominences are several times the size of the earth!

21 August 2017 5:18 pm UTC

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Date taken: August 21, 2017 Place taken: Corvallis, OR, USA Mitchell Spector Copyright ©2017 Enchanted Learning, LLC	RELATED IMAGES Transit of Venus 2012 Venus and Jupiter - Conjunction of August 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse: First Glimpse and Maximum Lunar Eclipse of April 4, 2015 Two Views of Totality: The Colorful Lunar Eclipse of September 28, 2015 Transit of Mercury 2016 Solar Prominences During a Total Solar Eclipse First Contact in a Total Solar Eclipse Solar Eclipse: Ten Minutes to Totality Montage of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Progression The Sun's Corona During a Total Solar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse of January 21, 2019 - Wolf Moon Jupiter and Saturn - Conjunction of December 2020