I photographed the sun through a hydrogen-alpha telescope yesterday, May 31, 2014. I used afocal photography (aiming a camera though an eyepiece). One out of 50 is good enough to sharpen in Photoshop so that the appearance here is almost as good as seen through the eyepiece.
jg
Your post is aptly named; these *are* great prominences!
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