What is the meaning of Prominence?

NASA's SDO Sees Unraveling Solar Prominence An elongated solar prominence rose up above the sun’s surface and slowly unraveled on Feb. 3, 2016, as seen in this video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. Prominences, also known as filaments when seen over the sun’s limb, are clouds of solar material suspended above the sun’s surface by the solar magnetic field – the same complex magnetism that drives solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections. The solar material in the prominenc

6.2K views · 129 reactions | A Prominence Bubble • This high...

• A Prominence Eruption with a M-class Solar Flare • We can see prominence erupting to interplanetary space. A flare occurs simultaneously at the bottom region of the eruption. (Observed by Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), wavelength: calcium H line [396 nm]) [Instrument: Hinode/ Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), Wavelength: 394 nm Calcium H line)] Occurred on 16 April 2012. • Credit: “NAOJ, JAXA, NASA/MSFC” | Astronomy Nation