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Kinked Loop Stretching Between Two Active Regions
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Numerous arches of magnetic field lines danced and swayed above a large active region over about a 30-hour period (July 17-18, 2017). We can also see the magnetic field lines from the large active region reached out and connected with a smaller active region. Those linked lines then strengthened (become brighter), but soon began to develop a kink in them and rather swiftly faded from view. All of this activity is driven by strong magnetic forces associated with the active regions.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKinked Loop Stretching Between Two Active Regions. NASA/JPL, 2017-07-25. Public domain. ID: PIA21838.
