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The Sun seen in ultraviolet by Soho. May 1998.

by

Nasa/ESA/Soho/Eit/Novapix

Reference

a-sol02-01024

Date

2006-11-11

This composite image combines EIT images from three wavelengths (171Ã…, 195Ã… and 284Ã…) into one that reveals solar features unique to each wavelength. Since the EIT images come to us from the spacecraft in black and white, they are color coded for easy identification. For this image, the nearly simultaneous images from May 1998 were each given a color code (red, yellow and blue) and merged into one.