Active Regions Galore (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Active Regions Galore

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The sun sported about a dozen active regions over a five-day period in May 2015. The bright, spindly strands that extend out of these active regions are particles spinning along magnetic field lines that connect areas of opposite polarity.

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Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA

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