{"id":449363,"date":"2026-06-08T13:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=449363"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:50:15","slug":"godzilla-on-the-sun-jaw-dropping-solar-prominence-captured-by-backyard-astrophotographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=449363","title":{"rendered":"Godzilla on the Sun: Jaw-Dropping Solar Prominence Captured by Backyard Astrophotographer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A backyard astrophotographer named Mark Johnston in Scottsdale, Arizona, filmed a massive solar prominence in late May 2026 (specifically May 31) that strikingly resembles Godzilla looming over the Sun’s edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar prominences are enormous loops or clouds of glowing plasma (ionized hydrogen)<\/strong> held up by the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields. They can extend tens or hundreds of thousands of kilometers above the surface. When viewed at the Sun’s limb (edge) against the blackness of space in hydrogen-alpha light, they appear as bright, dynamic structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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