
I had just finished setting up for some solar astronomy and tapped the button to begin a video sequence when something flashed across the computer screen. A jet appeared for less than a second, contrails briefly persisting, silhouetted against the roiling solar disk! I’ve only seen this twice while observing Sun, this being the second time, and I only captured this image by shear luck. The first time I witnessed a solar “photo-bombing” was under similar circumstances. Previously, I had completed setup, was refining focus, and just about to begin recording exposures. I missed imaging that encounter by about the same interval as I succeeded this time!