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The Sun from Proba-3 and SDO

The Sun from Proba-3 and SDO
The Sun from Proba-3 and SDO In the center of this image, you can see the Sun’s surface as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. In light yellow, you see the Sun’s inner corona, imaged by the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission — a pair of spacecraft flying in precisely controlled formation to create an artificial solar eclipse. ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS, NASA/SDO/AIA

See the animated GIF of solar prominences erupting.