UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
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cannot be seen during a solar eclipse
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can be seen at the beginning and end of a lunar eclipse
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can be seen as reddish glowing loops during a solar eclipse
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can be seen as a white halo in the middle of a solar eclipse
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Detailed explanation-1: -The red-glowing looped material is plasma, a hot gas comprised of electrically charged hydrogen and helium. The prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted structure of magnetic fields generated by the sun’s internal dynamo.
Detailed explanation-2: -The corona is very thin and faint and therefore can only be seen from earth during a total solar eclipse or by using a coronagraph telescope which simulates an eclipse by covering the bright solar disk. The shape of the corona is mostly determined by the magnetic field of the Sun.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sky will darken, as if it were dawn or dusk. Weather permitting, people in the path of a total solar eclipse can see the Sun’s corona, the outer atmosphere, which is otherwise usually obscured by the bright face of the Sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -Another highly visible feature on the Sun are solar prominences. If plasma flows along a loop of the Sun’s magnetic field from sunspot to sunspot, it forms a glowing arch that reaches thousands of kilometers into the Sun’s atmosphere. Prominences can last lengths of time ranging from a day to several months.