Sunday, April 30, 2006

Sun Burst


Holes in the Sun: shown here in false-color, this picture of the Sun on March 9th was
made in extreme ultraviolet light. Hmmmm. Looks yellow to me. The photo was taken on the space-based SOHO observatory. Coronal holes like these are known to be the source of high speed solar wind.

1 comment:

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

I thought so.