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Solar Prominence

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Solar Prominence
by Steve_Irvine from Georgian Bluffs CA on 28 Jun 2012
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I took this photograph of a solar prominence with a hydrogen alpha telescope that only shows one wavelength of light, at 656.3 nanometres. This is the particular wavelength of hydrogen alpha light. Observing the Sun in hydrogen alpha makes it possibl

tagged: nature outdoors sky astronomy outer_space

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