Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Current Views of the Sun and the Aurora


Space



An image of the Sun's invisible outer layers (He I at 1083.0 nm), UT. Courtesy of the National Solar Observatory/Kitt Peak, NOAO.


Earth's aurora viewed with the Visible Imaging System onboard the Polar spacecraft. This is the best of yesterday's images--current views are also available. Courtesy of Dr. Louis A. Frank and Dr. John B. Sigwarth at University of Iowa and NASA

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