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Solar sphere viewed through the Skylab solar physics experiment
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Solar sphere viewed through the Skylab solar physics experiment

NASA / JSC · 1973-08-21 · photograph (digital archive)

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S73-32867 (21 Aug. 1973) --- The solar sphere viewed through the Skylab solar physics experiment (S082) Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroheliographis seen in this photographic reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera aboard the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The solar chromosphere and lower corona are much hotter than the surface of the sun characterized by the white light emissions.

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Credit lineSolar sphere viewed through the Skylab solar physics experiment. NASA/JSC, 1973-08-21. Public domain. ID: s73-32867.

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