Laura Helmuth on Nostr: Did you see a red dot during totality? That was a solar prominence -- a massive loop ...

Did you see a red dot during totality? That was a solar prominence -- a massive loop of the sun’s plasma attached to the visible surface of the sun, which can form within a day but last as long as several months https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/red-dots-around-total-solar-eclipse-explained/