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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14134657

Took this from Vermont where we had totality for 3.5 min.

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[โ€“] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I read an article today in which they said that those were not flares but prominences. Equally neat, if you ask me. Each one of those spots was about 10 earths big, which is wild!!