171879main_LimbFlareJan12_lg.jpg | Naked Scientists

Taken by Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope on Jan. 12, 2007, this image of the sun reveals the filamentary nature of the plasma connecting regions of different magnetic polarity. Hinode captures these very dynamic pictures of the chromosphere. The...

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CC0 - Hinode JAXA/NASA

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