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Solar Interior

    
This is an image of the sun's core. (Courtesy of the Sacramento Peak Observatory)
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The solar interior

The main regions of the solar interior. [110K JPEG]

 

A diagram of the Sun's interior

A schematic view of the interior of the Sun. [239K GIF]

    

 

Sun's Surface

    
SunspotsThese images show two Jupiter-sized sunspot groups on the face of the Sun (left) and an extreme close-up of a different, smaller sunspot group (right). [76K JPEG]   Sunspot sizesA closeup view of a typical pair of sunspots, with Earth superimposed to show scale. [72K JPEG]
This is a region around a sunspot.
(217K GIF) 		  Solar max and min SunThe Sun at solar max and solar min, showing variation in sunspot counts. [62K JPEG]
Solar flareUltraviolet image of a solar flare in Nov. 2003. [63K JPEG]   This is an image of a solar flare. (Courtesy of the Sacramento Peak Observatory)
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This is an X-ray image of the sun taken with the Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT) on the orbiting Yohkoh satellite. (Courtesy of Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory)
(101K GIF) 		  This is an X-ray image from the Yohkoh satellite.
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This is a full disk H-alpha image of the sun. (From Learmonth, Australia)
(139K GIF) 		  This is a small image of the Sun in visible light.
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Rotating Sun with Sunspots [234K QuickTime movie]    
     

 

Sun's Atmosphere

    
Solar prominencesAn ultraviolet image of two large prominences erupting from the Sun in March 2003. [120K JPEG]  

CME hits Comet NEAT

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) blasts Comet NEAT as it passes the Sun in Feb. 2003. [91K JPEG]
This is an image of Red Corona. (Courtesy of Sacramento Peak Observatory)
(142K GIF) 		  This is an image of the corona. (Courtesy of the Sacramento Peak Observatory)
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This is a white-light corona-meter image from the High Altitude Observatory Mauna Loa Solar Observatory. (Courtesy, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, USA. NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.)
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This is an X-ray image of the sun taken with the Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT) on the orbiting Yohkoh satellite. (Courtesy of Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory)
(101K GIF) 		  This is an X-ray image from the Yohkoh satellite.
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Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) erupting from the Sun in January 2002 [1M animated GIF]    
     

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Solar Eclipses

    
This is an image of a solar eclipse in 1994. The image was taken by the Newkirk White Light Coronal camera. (Image courtesy NCAR's High Altitude Observatory.)
(36K JPG) 		  Another eclipse image. (Courtesy of Jay Keller)
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Another image of an eclipse (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)
(23K GIF) 		  Another image of an eclipse (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)
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This is an image of an eclipse taken in Mexico showing little corona but a nice view of prominences. (Courtesy of Jay Keller)
(135K GIF) 		  Another image of an eclipse. (Courtesy of NASA)
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This is an eclipse of the sun in Mexico on 11 July 1991 behind light clouds. (Courtesy of Northern Lights Planetarium)
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Movie of a total solar eclipse (3M MPEG)

    

 

    

 

Movies and Animations

    
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) erupting from the Sun in January 2002 [1M animated GIF]   Rotating Sun with Sunspots [234K QuickTime movie]
CME erupts from Sun in Feb. 2003 as Comet NEAT passes by [650K animated GIF]  

Comet Kudo-Fujikawa passes the Sun in Jan. 2003 [3.7M animated GIF]
Movie of a total solar eclipse (3M MPEG)  

Mercury transits the Sun in May 2003 [2.2M animated GIF]
     

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