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Image Gallery

32 images

Aurora viewed from space

Aurora from International Space Station on July 25, 2010

Coronal Holes in Ultraviolet Image of the Sun

Coronal Holes in Ultraviolet Solar Image - January 2011

Coronal Loops in UV TRACE image

Coronal Loops - UV image from TRACE - November 1999

GIF of Coronal Mass Ejection on January 4, 2002

Coronal Mass Ejection January 2002

Diagram of a cosmic ray air shower

Cosmic Ray Air Shower

Two views of sunspots

Different Views of Sunspots

Sketch of the Earth and Sun (not to scale)

Earth and Sun

Earth's Dipole Magnetic Field

Earth's Dipole Magnetic Field

Graph of Sunspot Counts from 1950 to 2016

Graph of Sunspot Counts

Neon light with the letters Ne, the symbol for neon

Neon Light

North Magnetic Pole Location from 1600 to 2001

North Magnetic Pole Location from 1600 to 2001

North Magnetic Pole Location from 1600 to 2001

North Magnetic Pole Location from 1831 to 2001

Photosphere - Sunspots and Granulation

Photosphere - Sunspots and Granulation

H-alpha View of the Sun

Red Light (H-alpha) View of the Sun - July 18, 2000

Diagram of the regions of the Sun

Regions of the Sun

Solar Active Regions: Sunspots on the left and UV image of the Sun on the right

Solar Active Regions - Sunspots and UV Image

Solar Chromosphere during eclipse

Solar Chromosphere Eclipse Photo

Sun's corona - during eclipse (left) and UV image (right)

Solar Corona - Eclipse and UV Images

Solar eclipse on July 11, 1991 as seen from Hawaii

Solar Eclipse 1991 from Hawaii

Solar Filament in H-alpha Light

Solar Filament in H-alpha Light in July 2000

Ultraviolet image of a solar flare from November 2003

Solar Flare November 2003

Solar Prominences - Sept. 1999 & March 2003 - Ultraviolet SOHO images

Solar Prominences - Sept. 1999 & March 2003 - Ultraviolet SOHO images

Sun at Solar minimum

Sun at Solar Min - Red Light

Red sunspots on orange sun

Sun with Sunspots - March 29, 2001

Sun with Sunspots - Solar Max 2001 and Solar Min 2005

Sun with Sunspots - Solar Max 2001 and Solar Min 2005

Sun's Atmosphere - Corona and Chromosphere

Sun's Atmosphere - Corona and Chromosphere

Sun's Corona at Solar Min & Solar Max

Visible Light Spectrum of the Sun

Sun's Spectrum

Two views of sunspots

Sunspots

Ultraviolet light image of the sun

The Sun in Ultraviolet Light

Ultraviolet Sun with Coronal Loops

Ultraviolet Sun with Coronal Loops - April 2012

Earth's Magnetosphere

Visualization of Earth's Magnetosphere

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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.