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Tangled Up in Blue
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Tangled Up in Blue

NASA / JPL · 2018-05-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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The lone active region visible on the sun put on a fine display with its tangled magnetic field lines swaying and twisting above it (Apr. 24-26, 2018) when viewed in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. The charged particles spinning along these field lines illuminate them. The region did not erupt with any significant solar storms, although it still might.

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Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)Sunmagnetic fieldAIA
Credit lineTangled Up in Blue. NASA/JPL, 2018-05-01. Public domain. ID: PIA22449.
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