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Solar stunner

Soon after the Solar Dynamics Observatory began operating in late March, the craft captured this ultraviolet image of the sun, shown here in false color. A glowing, magnetized loop of gas known as a prominence (upper left) can be seen lifting off the sun's surface. Credit: NASA

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  • Sometime I wonder why the whole thing doesn't just blow up.
    ScienceNews Reader ScienceNews Reader
    Apr. 22, 2010 at 4:31pm
  • It is blowing up, but it's a roughly 10-billion-year-long explosion.
    Dr. Momus A. Morgus Dr. Momus A. Morgus
    Apr. 27, 2010 at 5:27pm
  • Heavily edited with color chemical waves, one cannot see the activity on the false colored Sun Globe. It's a pretty picture but valuless for research.
    Dave Stacey, aka doowop62
    Glen Allen, Va
    doowop62 doowop62
    May. 14, 2012 at 3:40pm
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