PIA20881: Magnetic Field Illuminated
 Target Name:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  SDO
 Instrument:  Atmosphere Imaging Assembly
 Product Size:  2100 x 2100 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  SDO
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA20881.tif (12.58 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA20881.jpg (804.6 kB)


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Each day NASA solar scientists produce overlays (in white lines) that show their estimation of how the magnetic field lines above the sun are configured (June16, 2016). In the video clip we show the sun in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, then reveal the magnetic field line configuration in the same wavelength. Notice how the lines are tightly bundled near the lighter-toned active regions, which are magnetically intense regions. The magnetic lines from the darker areas, called coronal holes, open out into space and the extended lines show that. Our magnetically active sun is a dynamic body that changes all the time.



Image Credit:
NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory

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