Observant viewers in some areas of the path of totality spotted giant solar prominences during the eclipse. These rarely-seen solar events extend for hundreds of thousands of miles into space.
Observant viewers in some areas of the path of totality spotted some red dots around the edge of the eclipse. Here's what they were.
Millions of viewers already got to experience the rare celestial event of the eclipse on Monday, but some more observant viewers could see Numerous photographers captured pictures of the dots with varying degrees of resolution. A viewer from Chicago told 5 On Your Side in Cape Girardeau he assumed it was a solar flare.ProTronics Technologies, IncIn reality, the dots were giant, rarely-seen solar events happening on the sun's surface known as solar prominences.. The structures are anchored to the sun's surface and extend out for hundreds of thousands of miles into space over the course of several months.
Prominences are also known to erupt once the structure becomes unstable and bursts plasma outward into space, destroying the structure that was created over the course of months in a matter of hours.KUSA would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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