Averted Imagination

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A massive arch of hydrogen plasma... 180,000 miles long.

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A closeup from an active sun... July 23, 2021

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Portrait of our sun... July 23, 2021

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Sunshine + Earthshine + chestnut tree

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June 10, 2021!!

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This hairy beast was grazing at the edge of the sun during the eclipse of June10th. I went out the next day for a closer look.

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First date with the sun since the end of winter hibernation... there was some big stuff going on!

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My final portrait of our neighborhood star for 2020.

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First archipelago of the new solar cycle 25!

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The sun and a dragon fly...

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A faint, feathery solar prominence was the best the sun had to offer last week.

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Look who else needs a trim!

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A rose colored sun captured on March 8, 2020 and processed today (Easter Sunday). The little disruption at lower left is active region AR 2758, identified by its reversed polarity to be a member of new Solar Cycle 25. Its appearance reminds us that activity, while still deep in the bottom of the curve, will return on the sun and on the earth too. A rosy and hopeful Holiday to all.

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A spotless sun in the violet hues of the CaK wavelength... captured October 19, 2019 and processed yesterday.

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A waxing moon I captured in June.

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What is the proper gift for a five year anniversary... hydrogen plasma??