Images of the Sun

Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope taken Jan 12 2007.  This image reveals the filamentary nature of the plasma connecting regions of different  magnetic polarity in the chromosphere, the thin "layer" of solar atmosphere "sandwiched" between the visible surface, photosphere, and corona.  Credit: Hinode JAXA/NASA
Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope taken Jan 12 2007. This image reveals the filamentary nature of the plasma connecting regions of different magnetic polarity in the chromosphere, the thin "layer" of solar atmosphere "sandwiched" between the visible surface, photosphere, and corona. Credit: Hinode JAXA/NASA
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