A high-resolution image of the Sun's chromosphere taken through a hydrogen alpha filter shows numerous vertical spikes,which are actually jets of rising gas called
A) granules.
B) spicules.
C) prominences.
D) solar winds.

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Spicules are the vertical jets of rising gas seen in the chromosphere of the Sun when viewed through a hydrogen alpha filter. Granules are the convective cells on the surface of the Sun, prominences are loops of plasma that extend from the Sun's surface into the corona, and solar winds are streams of charged particles that emanate from the Sun's outer atmosphere.

A High-Resolution Image of the Sun's Chromosphere Taken Through a Hydrogen