The Sun continues to be active, with spots, prominences, and filaments visible on these images. The Sun's activity is driven in part by its magnetic field, and, if you click on these images, you can see the details of that magnetic field in action, with swirls of hot plasma deformed by looping fields in the sun (the inverted view shows these structures quite well). Between the 11 and 12 o'clock position, you can see a prominence looping back to the sun, following the lines of force in this magnetic field.
It appears a very active spot may be about to emerge from the Sun's limb. Weather permitting, we will follow it from the CSO. Below are 2 images, one a mosaic of the full disk, the other a mosaic showing the active areas in a little more detail.
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