2022 February 16 - Eiffel Tower Prominence on the Sun
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2022-02-16

In today's image, we see a prominence on the surface of our Sun. This is material being lifted off the surface and being expelled into space at high speeds in a coronal mass ejection. 

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