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.

• 最近依时间序列得到的图像表明，针状物大约持续了五分钟，始于迅速上升的强大气体漩涡，最终随着气体抛射达到高峰并回落到太阳表面而衰落。