Two huge detached spires of plasma in Ha
Date/Time: May 24, 2012 1:53PM PDT
Location: My home, Victoria, BC, Canada
This cropped photo shows one of two highlights: the two huge detached spires of plasma shooting out into space at the 9 o'clock position either side of the low bump of a prominence.
Equipment: Hutech-modified Canon T2i dSLR a-focal through a 2.5x Powermate, IDAS VLC filter, & Lunt LS60THa + LS50FHa solar telescope mounted on an HEQ5 tracking mount.
Processing: Photoshop Elements 10 - lowered Exposure, increased Clarity, converted to 8 bit version of image.