Plasma rain in the sun’s atmosphere falls in surprising places

As a result, the precipitation might appear as a fine mist as well as in fiery showers

plasma blob in sun's atmosphere

PLASMA PRECIPITATION  Blobs of plasma can fall like rain in the sun’s atmosphere, as seen in the center of this image of a solar flare from July 2012. New observations spotted such rainfall in other surprising spots.

Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio/SDO/NASA

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