Coronal Holes (IMAGE)

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Coronal Holes

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An image showing two coronal holes, depicted as relatively dark regions. Coronal holes are lower density and temperature regions of the sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the corona.

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NASA/Goddard/SDO

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