Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book (2005)

Chapter: 14. Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun

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Suggested Citation: "14. Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. doi: 10.17226/11219.

Figure 14.
Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun

Imagine that you could view the Sun close-up through ultraviolet glasses. Thanks to SOHO, we are able to see a variety of active gaseous areas that are more than a million degrees hot.

Suggested Citation: "14. Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. doi: 10.17226/11219.

Turn the book so that you view the next image horizontally; the spine of the book should be facing up. This is a close-up view of very hot active loops in the Sun’s corona, taken on February 27, 2002 by SOHO. The curved edges of the Sun teem with activity!


Credit: SOHO/EIT, NASA/ESA

Suggested Citation: "14. Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. doi: 10.17226/11219.

Close-Up View of Ultraviolet Sun

Suggested Citation: "14. Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. doi: 10.17226/11219.

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