"Unveiling the Mystery: NASA's Discovery of Enormous Pink 'Flames' During Total Solar Eclipse"

During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, NASA captured a rare image showing pink towers of plasma, known as solar prominences, erupting from the sun's surface. These structures, which are not solar flares, are large and often looping towers of plasma that stand anchored on the sun's surface for weeks or months. The pinkish hue of the prominences comes from the sun's hydrogen emitting a reddish light at high temperatures, and their visibility from nearly 93 million miles away highlights their incredible size. This phenomenon is just one of the many beautiful and elusive occurrences visible during a total solar eclipse.