New images of the sun reveal superfine threads of glowing plasma

The filaments are in solar regions that had appeared rather bland

close-up of the plasma filaments on the sun

A delicate comb-over of plasma filaments never seen before appears in this image (in the upper right part of the box) from NASA’s Hi-C suborbital solar telescope. The image of the full sun is from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

University of Central Lancashire, NASA

The sharpest images yet taken of the sun’s atmosphere reveal superfine threads of hot plasma draped across small regions that have appeared rather bland until now.