NASA
NASA. LARGE FORMAT. An exceptional view of the Sun. The Earth has passed through a stream of solar wind escaping from this vast coronal hole (seen in the lower central part of the Sun, motionless, on January 14, 2006). Coronal holes appear as a dark area of the Sun when observed in ultraviolet light (as is the case here) and X-rays. As coronal holes are magnetically "open", strong gusts of solar wind can escape from them, carrying solar particles to our magnetosphere and beyond. Solar winds take, 2007
Vintage chromogenic print
40.6 x 40.6cm
