Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Sun 9 -11 December


This channel is especially good at showing coronal loops - the arcs extending off of the Sun where plasma moves along magnetic field lines. The brightest spots seen here are locations where the magnetic field near the surface is exceptionally strong.

Characteristic temperature: 1 million K (1.8 million F)


Animation and info via SDO
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/

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