cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35856987
Another cloud free day in Scotland let me catch almost 9 hours of this huge and lively prom. Taken with my home made 90mm modded Coronado PST and DMK21 camera. Software: CdC, Eqmod, DSSR, AutoStakkert!, Wavesharp, DVS, Shotcut and Gimp.
David Wilson on April 8, 2025 @ Inverness, Scotland
https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=221951
Thought "that's pretty neat", and then noticed the "earth to scale" part. Holy shit. Those are streams of plasma larger than continents.
Made me think of this song by They Might Be Giants (which apparently isn’t their only song about the sun lol) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y
thank christ I read this and went back, that's lightly humbling for real