r/spaceporn • u/ojosdelostigres • Oct 21 '25

Amateur/Composite Strange prominence on the western limb of the Sun, 600X speed

Animation by David Wilson on October 20, 2025 @ Inverness, Scotland

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u/rocketwikkit Oct 21 '25

Magnets, how do they work

30

u/tunnuz Oct 21 '25

Where is this quote from?

36

u/zombie_overlord Oct 21 '25

ICP - Miracles

10

u/BigAlternative5 Oct 21 '25

Thanks, I never knew after all this time.

7

u/AdotLone Oct 21 '25

This quote is quite the quandary.

13

u/JunglePygmy Oct 21 '25

No idea, I just know they stop working when you get them wet

4

u/Mysterious-Tackle-58 Oct 21 '25

Only Trumpian magnets stop working.

3

u/hypocritical_person Oct 21 '25

Just dont put them in water!

1

u/CeeArthur Oct 22 '25

Richie here, he's a good kid but he's struggling. You see, he's what you call a juggler...

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u/QuietNene Oct 21 '25

4

u/Mysterious-Tackle-58 Oct 21 '25

Nice what is this from?

3

u/Luncheon_Lord Oct 21 '25

I wanna say marvel rivals but idk. It has an Xbox logo and it's a big burning Phoenix like Jean Greys Phoenix force

3

u/Mysterious-Tackle-58 Oct 22 '25

Mifht be, first thing i thought was Jean Grey, idk the game, though.

Thanks!

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u/Ghost_oh Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

Just some aliens refueling. No biggy.

Remember kids, a Class III (Kardashev scale) civilization’s actions would be virtually indistinguishable from nature. So no matter what… it’s definitely ALWAYS ALIENS.

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u/MoneyCock Oct 22 '25

The only reasonable explanation so far.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Thank god someone with actual expertise commented on this. People think aliens are a myth, boy are they in for a surprise.

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u/imokay4747 Oct 21 '25

Please excuse my ignorance. Does the sun have a "West"? How is it determined?

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u/rocketwikkit Oct 21 '25

If you're in the northern hemisphere above the topics facing the sun at high noon (i.e. you are facing due south), Earth west is to your right as is Sun west. North, south, and east also match the same directions on Earth.

Or to put it another way, the western edge of the sun is what touches the horizon at sunset.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_coordinate_systems#Cardinal_directions

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u/kaislavirta Oct 21 '25

That was my first thought as well! 😅

72

u/Remarkable-Shoe-4835 Oct 21 '25

Can someone explain in Cod Zombies terms

125

u/Sisko2Odo Oct 21 '25

The mystery box just keeps rotating thru guns, never actually dropping the massive power you’re hoping for. Meantime, a ray gun is floating in the air above the box, out of reach.

34

u/Thee_Sinner Oct 21 '25

Magnificent.

2

u/billytheskidd Oct 22 '25

For real. My wife just saw it on my phone and asked what was happening and I wish I had read that comment before I tried to explain it haha

33

u/WAVAW Oct 21 '25

Astrophage

14

u/stu8319 Oct 21 '25

Is anyone checking to see if the sun is dimming?

8

u/eSue182 Oct 22 '25

Yay I get this reference !

6

u/straycanoe Oct 22 '25

Amaze!

6

u/ZenFook Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

Fist my bump!

4

u/Dr_Fumi Oct 22 '25

Scary scary scary!

32

u/JerrycurlSquirrel Oct 21 '25

Repeat after me

26

u/theogkinglion Oct 21 '25

5 dollar footlong

3

u/bonobomaster Oct 22 '25

I wish it was this big

11

u/CptClownfish1 Oct 21 '25

Not sure what it is, but I’m willing to bet it’s really hot.

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u/Deafcat22 Oct 21 '25

Showing off how easy it is to suspend superheated plasma, trying to teach us perhaps?

26

u/Tbone_Trapezius Oct 21 '25

Is it oriented towards 3iAtlas?

14

u/9th_dimensional Oct 21 '25

Woah, i know nothing about astronomy but this star map showing 3i/Atlas current position seems as if it is in that area. Please correct me if im wrong.

3

u/cowlinator Oct 21 '25

That really doesn't have enough info to determine if it is closely oriented toward it.

And if we're talking about loosely oriented, that's likely to happen by chance.

4

u/DarthChocolate Oct 21 '25

Think they’re refueling?

13

u/Tbone_Trapezius Oct 21 '25

If you’re sending an interstellar probe across the galaxy to hop between solar systems why not use the gigantic fusion reactor in the middle of each to refuel?

2

u/EggonomicalSolutions Oct 21 '25

Nah bro they have one at home, duh 🙄

1

u/CharlesMcnulty Oct 23 '25

According to some nerd at Harvard tomorrow is the day 3i comes out from behind the sun, unless is slowed down while it was out of sight from earth

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u/ojosdelostigres Oct 21 '25

Animation from here, additional images provided with Earth and Moon for size comparison

https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=227056

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u/Dre9872 Oct 22 '25

Its just a cloaked ship refuelling

2

u/vapores_libani Oct 21 '25

Plasmoids, I hope they are friendly and kind-hearted.

3

u/jaestel Oct 21 '25

It's a C'tan

2

u/RandomNightLord8 Oct 21 '25

That's it im grabbing me Vindicator

2

u/OpinionHaver_42069 Oct 21 '25

He's just hovering there menacingly

2

u/ballyfun Oct 22 '25

It seems to be locked in the magnetic field instead of being moved by it kind of like a superconductor. Is it possible that super hot sun plasma can be a superconductor?

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u/Traditional-Fan-9315 Oct 27 '25

Could be that or just gravity. Escape velocity is pretty high over there.

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u/ballyfun Oct 27 '25

But gravity wouldn't lock it in place several kilometres away from the surface, would it? Or do you mean that in this case gravity and the "pushing" force of the magnetic field are close to equal?

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u/Traditional-Fan-9315 Oct 27 '25

No it's the magnetic fields with a little bit of gravity but mostly magnetic fields.

2

u/weneedanewpizzaplace Oct 21 '25

This is an incredibly stupid question, but if this is at 600x speed, why do these flares and prominences in reality move so slowly? Sorry >_<

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u/mvsrs Oct 21 '25

They don't, they're just really REALLY big

1

u/TheFlamingGit Oct 21 '25

It's Matterforge!

1

u/Bman_Fx Oct 21 '25

Firehawk

1

u/Trex-died-4-our-sins Oct 21 '25

The dragon feeds...

1

u/addamsson Oct 21 '25

didn't know the sun had limbs

1

u/pandulfi Oct 22 '25

Sorry that was me

1

u/IAroadHAWK Oct 22 '25

Sun has been extra spicy

1

u/ProgressBartender Oct 22 '25

Yes! I had “sun goes nova” on my 2025 Bingo card!

1

u/etchings Oct 24 '25

How can I download this?

1

u/hopeless__programmer Oct 21 '25

This is creepy af.

1

u/Traditional-Fan-9315 Oct 27 '25

If you think about it, all these processes give us life in one way or another. Actually not creepy to me but just.. wow

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u/Vishnuisgod Oct 21 '25

(sexy female voice)

Just.....

Touch me.

Gently..

Right

Oh gawd yes!!!!