more smoke rings......

[venus]

I knew that 'volcanos' did this kind of thing, but this is the first time I've seen this from the 'sun'.......
http://spaceweather.com/

[Dujon]

Nah! Surely that's a reflection from the occulting mechanism. It quite obviously also needs re-collimating. ;)

[[1ponders]]

Definately a health hazard if you are passive smoking that thing :eyepop:

[venus]

Isn't SOHO great..........

coronagraph image captured by SOHO on January 31, 2000, show a beautiful coronal mass ejection erupting from the southwest limb of the Sun. The red-colored animation, which targets the Sun's inner corona from 1.1 to 3 solar radii, spans a six hour period beginning at 0154 UT. The swirls inside the CME are about 30 times bigger than Earth! The blue image displays the outer corona from 1.5 to 30 solar radii. It shows the CME at 1154 UT, about 10 hours after the eruption began. for the 'blue' image go here.. http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast03feb_1.htm