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Hotspots in Fountains on the Sun's Surface Help Explain Coronal Heating Mystery
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Hotspots in Fountains on the Sun's Surface Help Explain Coronal Heating Mystery

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA image release January 6, 2010 Caption: Spicules on the sun, as observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. These bursts of gas jet off the surface of the sun at 150,000 miles per hour and contain gas that reaches temperatures over a million degrees. GREENBELT, Md.

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Credit lineHotspots in Fountains on the Sun's Surface Help Explain Coronal Heating Mystery. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001916.
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