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Eta Carinae is my favorite APOD entry:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080617.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae

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To bystander, BMAONE, and Chris,

thank you for the ideas, especially the info on magnetism and what can happen when a 3D structure is projected on 2D.

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prominence with ellipse.JPG Click on image to enlarge bystander, thank you for the link on "plasma rain" ! Very interesting ! Please have a look at the image with this post. It's from about the 13sec mark in the Youtube video. I've enclosed the area of interest in an ellipse. Maybe my eye...

bystander,

thanks very much for the informational link ! In fact, I wanted to post an image pursuant to the "prominence" thread. I guess I'll have wait until I reach the 10 post required minimum !

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Greetings all,

I'd like to upload a small (36K) image to a thread to facilitate discussion.

I'm new here. How can I upload an image without referencing a URL ? The image is on my hard drive.

Thanks very much,
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Greetings all, A newbie question: In the last few seconds of the video, the some of the ejecta appears to flow in reverse, back towards where it came from. I found this fascinating. Does anyone know why the flow moves in that way ? I'd be most grateful for any info. Thanks very much, APOD_admirer