On September 16, 2012 the sun had a beautiful prominence that slowly twisted and dissipated over several hours. It was captured in 304 angstrom light by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's AIA instrument. The prominence was immediately followed by one of the many eclipses that SDO experiences during September, when its orbit places the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> between it and the sun.
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