Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2022 February 16

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/liapnqj9GDc?rel=0

                     Eiffel Tower Prominence on the Sun
                 Video Credit & Copyright: [3]Hawk Wolinski

   Explanation: What's that on the Sun? Although it may look like a
   flowing version of the [4]Eiffel Tower, it is a [5]solar prominence
   that is actually much bigger -- about the [6]height of Jupiter. The
   [7]huge prominence emerged about ten days ago, hovered over the
   [8]Sun's surface for about two days, and then erupted -- throwing a
   [9]coronal mass ejection (CME) into the Solar System. The [10]featured
   video, captured from the astrophotographer's backyard in
   [11]Hendersonville, [12]Tennessee, USA, shows an hour time-lapse played
   both forwards and backwards. That CME did not impact the Earth, but our
   Sun had [13]unleashed other recent CMEs that not only triggered
   [14]Earthly auroras, but puffed out the [15]Earth's atmosphere enough
   to [16]cause just-launched [17]Starlink satellites to [18]fall back.
   Activity on the Sun, including [19]sunspots, [20]prominences, CMEs and
   [21]flares, continues to increase as the [22]Sun evolves away from a
   deep [23]minimum in its 11-year [24]magnetic cycle.

   Birthday Surprise: [25]What picture did APOD feature on your birthday?
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   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_prominence
   6. https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=182268
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220130.html
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