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While the Sun can look like the slightly spotted ball that Galileo saw, in soft x-rays it looks far more dynamic

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While the Sun can look like the slightly spotted ball that Galileo saw, in soft x-rays it looks far more dynamic. Here can be seen coronal holes (dark) andmass ejections (light) concentrated at the middle latitudes.

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Courtesy of Space Environment Center

Collection

Weather Service

Keywords

Weather Wonders

Space Weather

Sun