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Prominences meaning
plural of prominence
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Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun's hot outer atmosphere, called the corona.
Solar prominences are of higher density than the surrounding portions of the solar atmosphere, but their temperatures are lower.
It is a common misapprehension that the prominences above a great horned owl's head are its ears.
Solar prominences can be seen along the limb (in red) as well as extensive coronal filaments.
Solar prominences rise up through the chromosphere from the photosphere, sometimes reaching altitudes of 150,000 km.
They are different from prominences because they look as concentric arches with maximum temperature of the order 0,1 MK (too low to be considered coronal features).