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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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   
      
                        Eiffel Tower Prominence on the Sun   
                      Video Credit & Copyright: Hawk Wolinski   
      
      Explanation: What's that on the Sun? Although it may look like a   
      flowing version of the Eiffel Tower, it is a solar prominence that is   
      actually much bigger -- about the height of Jupiter. The huge   
      prominence emerged about ten days ago, hovered over the Sun's surface   
      for about two days, and then erupted -- throwing a coronal mass   
      ejection (CME) into the Solar System. The featured video, captured from   
      the astrophotographer's backyard in Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA,   
      shows an hour time-lapse played both forwards and backwards. That CME   
      did not impact the Earth, but our Sun had unleashed other recent CMEs   
      that not only triggered Earthly auroras, but puffed out the Earth's   
      atmosphere enough to cause just-launched Starlink satellites to fall   
      back. Activity on the Sun, including sunspots, prominences, CMEs and   
      flares, continues to increase as the Sun evolves away from a deep   
      minimum in its 11-year magnetic cycle.   
      
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