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Solar Prominences and a Total Solar Eclipse

Some prominences are seen as the moon begins to move off the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.
Source: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Published: October 11, 2022
Historical Date: August 21, 2017

Some prominences are seen as the moon begins to move off the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.

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