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Solar activity seen by STEREO spacecraft on May 30 2007

by

Nasa/NRL/Novapix

Reference

a-sol02-20030

Date

2007-10-15

Solar plasma is sliding and zipping along above the edge of the Sun (May 30-31, 2007). The plasma is being controlled by powerful magnetic forces that guide the material back into the Sun. The frames were taken in extreme ultraviolet light at 304 Angstroms from the Behind spacecraft. Ionized helium at about 60,000 degrees C., is rising thousands of miles above the Sun's surface.