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> The Sun seen in ultraviolet by Soho. January 18 2000.

The Sun seen in ultraviolet by Soho. January 18 2000.

author: Nasa/ESA/Soho/Eit/Novapix

reference: a-sol02-01003

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 19 cm

Image of a large, twirling prominence taken on Jan. 18, 2000. Prominences are huge clouds of relatively cool dense plasma suspended in the Sun's hot, thin corona. At times, they can erupt, escaping the Sun's atmosphere

Keywords for this photo:

2000 - ASTRONOMY - GLOBAL VIEW - PROMINENCE - SOHO - SOLAR FLARE - STAR - SUN - ULTRAVIOLET - UV -