It's filamentary, my dear Watson! Gorgeous plumes of plasma emanate from sunspot 1007. This image was featured in an article the Suns Shows Signs of Life at science.NASA.gov.

A few days later the spot had rotated out of view and a gorgeous prominence was seen at the solar limb.

November 2, 2008/ Little Big Man, 90mm Coronado Solarmax and Astro-Physics f5 Stowaway refractor/ imaged with the DMK41AF02 camera

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