File:SDO 20231116 000646 4096 0171 (AIA).jpg

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English: AIA 0171 channel is especially good at showing coronal loops - the arcs extending off of the Sun where plasma moves along magnetic field lines. The brightest spots seen here are locations where the magnetic field near the surface is exceptionally strong.

Where: Quiet corona and upper transition region

Wavelength: 171 angstroms (0.0000000171 m) = Extreme Ultraviolet

Primary ions seen: 8 times ionized iron (Fe IX)

Characteristic temperature: 1 million K (1.8 million F)
Date Taken on 16 November 2023, 00:06:46
Source 20231116_000646_4096_0171
Author Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.
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Credit and attribution belongs to the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) team, NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory
This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 20231116_000646_4096_0171.

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