Stunning 236,000 mile-high solar plasma wall of Sun got captured by astrophotographer

Plasma matter eruption over sun surface (Photo Credit - Canva)

A stunning 236,000-mile-high solar plasma wall of the Sun was captured by an astrophotographer named Argentinan Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau. He is 51 years old and took this photo on Wednesday 17 July.

He shared his experience and said, “Yesterday, around 3:30 pm, despite the enormous turbulence of the atmosphere, I managed to photograph a gigantic tongue of plasma on the Sun with my H-alpha telescope."

The wall of plasma on the Sun which was around 236,000 miles high surpassed the distance between the Moon and the Earth. He shared that this phenomenon is "truly spectacular,” he further added  “The magnitude and beauty of this event left me in awe, reminding me once again of the majesty and power of the universe that surrounds us. The gigantic tongue of plasma stretched out like a fiery serpent."

The Sun and other stars are composed of a heated, ionized gas known as solar plasma, which is the fourth state of matter. This state results in a mixture of charged particles, including ions and free electrons, as the electrons are released from their atoms.

The solar wind is created when some of the ionized gas's most energetic charged particles manage to break out from the Sun's gravitational pull and travel into space. The dynamic interactions between the Sun's plasma and magnetic field create the breathtaking wall of solar plasma, which rises to a height of 236,000 miles.

According to Eduardo, used a Coronado Solarmax III Solar Telescope with a double stack and a 60 mm aperture, paired with a QHY 678M camera to capture this awe-inspiring event.

His experience highlights the dynamic and powerful nature of our star, and such images provide valuable insights into solar physics and help scientists understand the Sun’s influence on space weather.