Hi-res Solar Images with a C8 + ARIES D-ERF

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Hi-res Solar Images with a C8 + ARIES D-ERF

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Despite a lull in this solar maxima season, there are many interesting images one can get from the Sun:

A proms tornado (Hydrogen-Alpha wavelength, observing the upper Chromosphere):

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Fabulous fibrils and waves of plasma (Hydrogen-Alpha wavelength, observing the upper Chromosphere):
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Super granulations surrounding a sunspot in (Calcium-K wavelength, observing the lower Chromosphere):

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You can do a right-click on the image to see it in its full resolution.

Comments are welcome.

Alfred
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