The “beast” appeared over the northeastern edge of the sun on Saturday (July 12). It raged for more than three hours before finally disappearing. (Photo: Michael Jaeger)
A giant plasma plume nicknamed “the Beast” was recently spotted dancing above the Sun, showering our star with streams of incredibly fast fire. The shape-shifting protrusion, which stretches more than 13 times as wide as Earth, is the first of several large solar formations to emerge in recent days.
The plume appeared on Saturday (July 12) over the northeastern edge of the sun, giving photographers from all over the world some amazing shots, including Michael Yeager, who captured the plume in Martinsburg, Austria (above), and Simon Metcalfe, who observed it near his home in Gloucestershire, England (below).
Astrophotographer Dade Wilson also captured stunning video of the entire event from Inverness, Scotland, showing the transforming plume reaching more than 100,000 miles (165,000 km) across.
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The plume peaked at about three hours and changed shape constantly during that time. “It looks to me like some kind of huge four-legged beast shuffling around,” Wilson told Spaceweather.com.
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