Thursday, 17 June 2021

Today's prominences.




Blue skies, fledgling sparrows chirping, hot concrete underfoot, a perfect day for soaking up the hydrogen alpha light.

Those sparrows aren't half noisy at the moment!  A Harley Davidson just thundered by... one day !

Through the white light filter AR2833 stands out beautifully; it looks like a tiny island surrounded by a vast ocean of clear cool water. 



Through the Ha filter AR2833 looks like an island surrounded by seething magma seas, swirling  fire storms, and  violent hurricanes.... Which I guess it is. :-) 

Bare warm feet on Sun drenched concrete.. you don't get that observing in the night time !

  

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