Coronal Loops (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Coronal Loops

Caption

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of coronal loops above an active region on the Sun in mid-January 2012. The image was taken in the 171 angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light.

Credit

NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory

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License

Public Domain

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