Spicules are features that protrude from the solar chromosphere and can be observed using filtergrams. They are relatively short-lived, lasting only a few minutes, and are thought to be caused by the vertical movements of plasma within the Sun's atmosphere.

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Spicules

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Spicules

A) are found in the photosphere.
B) are magnetic disturbances that push large loops of material off the solar surface.
C) are responsible for twisting the solar magnetic field and causing the sunspot cycle.
D) appear in the corona near the north and south poles of the Sun during a total solar eclipse.
E) are visible in filtergrams of the solar chromosphere.

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