Spiculae in Solar Region 11092

Caption NASA:"Imagine a pipe as wide as a state and as long as the Earth. Now imagine that this pipe is filled with hot gas moving 50.000 Km per hour. Further imagine that this pipe is not made of metal but a transparent Magnetic Field. You are envisioning just one of thousands of young Spicules (Spiculae) on the active Sun.
Pictured above is one of the highest resolution image yet of these enigmatic Solar Flux Tubes. Spicules line the above frame of SAR 11092 that crossed the Sun last month, but are particularly evident converging on the Sunspot on the lower right.
Time-sequenced images have recently shown that Spicules last about five minutes, starting out as tall tubes of rapidly rising gas but eventually fading as the gas peaks and falls back down to the Sun. What determines the creation and dynamics of Spicules still remains a topic of the active Solar Research".