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Lengthy Coronal Hole
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An elongated coronal hole rotated across the face of the sun this past week so that it is now streaming solar wind towards Earth (Jan. 2-5, 2017). Coronal holes are areas of open magnetic field from which solar wind particles stream into space. In this wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light it appears as a dark area near the center and lower portion of the sun. The particle stream will likely generate aurora here on Earth. Check spaceweather.com for updates on auroral activity.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineLengthy Coronal Hole. NASA/JPL, 2017-01-09. Public domain. ID: PIA14093.
