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SOHO’s latest surprise: Gas near the Sun heading the wrong way

20 November 2001

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Credits: SOHO/LASCO (ESA/NASA)

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A gas cloud is tracked travelling towards the Sun. These are special images that reveal motion, generated from the difference between normal images obtained a little earlier and a little later than the times shown. The Sun is diagrammed to scale, but the featureless area around it shows the extent of a mask blocking all direct sunlight.

Credits: SOHO/LASCO (ESA/NASA)

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Artist's impression of the SOHO spacecraft.

Credits: ESA (Image by Total Design)