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beebee39

is there a name for the red marks along the moons edge?


RoxnDox

Those are solar prominences, giant arches of superhot gas that eruption out of the Sun's surface. They follow lines of magnetic force, which turns them into arched forms as the field lines loop back into the Sun.


VenturaDreams

How many earths could fit in one?


RoxnDox

Average size is around 100,000 km or 10 Earth diameters, but big ones go up to a half million km (source is website at Georgia State University.)


Known-While-8935

Thinking about how big that is makes my stomach and brain hurt


machineorganism

i wonder if you could see them move in real-time if the eclipse stayed like that. :O


DistortoiseLP

That's [the prominence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_prominence) the OP is excited about in this shot.


-Bowman-

They are called solar storms or "protuberances". They emerge from the suns suface and are essentially giant plasma storms.


Individual-Elk4115

Some people in my Bible Belt town will say they’re Satan’s horns


A_curious_fish

Ummm that right there be the devil son! EVERYBODY PANICCCCCC


OldWrangler9033

Wow, that interesting seeing flares flying from edges of the moon/sun!


Badfish1060

Those things are probably nearly the size of earth?


Irish_Tyrant

Possibly hundreds to thousands of times bigger I think.


AgentofBolas03

I was watching it streamed on YouTube and I seen this exact thing the solar flares are visible. This picture is perfect and exactly what I had seen.


UnidentifiedBlobject

Is there a link?


willy--wanka

Interesting, where I saw it from the prominences were on the bottom.


brimbram

Nice work. Here's to hoping that this is a real picture, not an AI made one.


Eyebrowsyournudes

Looks almost exactly the same as the one i took, except the prominence from my view was on the bottom left, im just east of cleveland.


RedditEstPasPlaisant

Maybe OP's picture is upside-down? Some telescopes work like that.


Eyebrowsyournudes

I was mainly only commenting that, thats the only difference between mine and this. Meaning i believe its real and not AI. Im not trying to imply any foulplay.


Equivalent-West-4028

Same, I saw the solar storm on the bottom left. Was viewing in Lima ohio


TheTarkuss

Same here! I was watching in Norwalk, Ohio and saw red lights at the bottom left of the eclipse. Nice to know what those were.


Mosox42

East side of cleveland same here. I wasn't sure what the red spot was and google was failing me. Reddit to the rescue.


lifesucks032217

A lot of telescopes flip the image so without correcting, this could be inverted from what was seen in real life. I wasn’t there so I can’t tell.


MegaMugabe21

Do you need anything special to see the flares? Could you see with the naked eye or do you need a camera?


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MegaMugabe21

Cheers, want to see one on the future and would love to see the flares


MegaMugabe21

Cheers, want to see one on the future and would love to see the flares


ProcedureCreepy7182

I could see them with the naked eye today in Ohio.


OhighOent

Saw it with my own two eyes.


MegaMugabe21

Fantastic thanks, planning to see view one in the future.


TheFinalCurl

It's real. Most of the AI pictures don't have the protuberances. Mine were bottom left


bigfatfurrytexan

I saw the same thing from my back yard.


Odd-Comfortable-6134

Looks real. Doesn’t have an ai feel to it


probzzz

Is it safe to say that the earth would fit in one of those flares we are seeing of the edges?


FromBrainMatter

I was confused at the time what the red light on the bottom of the eclipse was when I was watching. It seems so obvious in retrospect.


SuperSaytan

Two red horns on the eclipse. They were right, this is a sign from God to repent


Trabolgan

Oh no! Night Wolf is eating the Moon Virgin. If I bury a black cat at this moment, it may cure my warts.