Images taken from the NTU telescope

This image was taken on 17 April 2008, with the solar scope. It shows a prominence on one side of the Sun, which was caused by gas from the surface of the sun being thrown into space.

The size of such a prominence is comparable to the size of the Earth.

When such material escapes from the Sun at high speeds, beautiful light spectacles on Earth known as 'polar lights', can be caused.