A stunning solar 'waterfall' has been spotted on the surface of the sun.
This structure is what is called a polar crown prominence.
Prominences on the sun usually take the form of giant tentacles of hot plasma, stretching out towards space in a big arc, as can be seen below. But when these prominences happen near the poles of the sun, more specifically around the polar circle, the magnetic fields are so strong that instead of bursting towards space, the plasma can cascade back down to the sun very quickly.
Because of the location of these prominences, NASA likens them to aurora, because they circle the poles at about 60 to 70 degrees of latitude on the sun. "Instead of Northern Lights, however, the sun's ovals are filled with dancing sheets of plasma," per a
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