Illustration of Solar Corona (Animation) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Illustration of Solar Corona (Animation)

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Above the surface, the corona (illustrated here) extends for millions of miles and roils with plasma. Eventually, it continues outward as the solar wind, a supersonic stream of plasma permeating the entire solar system. View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sunloop1.gif

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Lisa Poje/Genna Duberstein

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