Northern Hemisphere of the Sun (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Northern Hemisphere of the Sun

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In 2008 in the northern hemisphere of the sun (left) Hinode observed large patches of negative polarity, shown in orange. In 2011, the same area showed much smaller patches and a more even distribution of negative and positive (blue) regions.

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