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The Sun today

The Sun in visible light, showing sunspots
As your eyes would see it Dark spots are sunspots, each one often bigger than Earth.
The Sun in extreme ultraviolet light at 171 angstroms
Glowing loops Hot gas follows the Sun’s magnetic field above sunspots.
The Sun's corona at 193 angstroms
The hot corona Dark patches are coronal holes, where fast solar wind escapes.
The Sun at 304 angstroms
Flares and filaments Bright flashes are flares; dark threads are filaments.
Will the Sun bring northern lights tonight?

Images: NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE and HMI science teams, updated by NASA every few minutes. Colors in the ultraviolet images are added by NASA.

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