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The Ulysses legacy, in pictures

The joint ESA/NASA solar mission Ulysses has forever changed the way scientists view the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space. The mission’s major results and the legacy it leaves behind have been presented today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, in view of the impending conclusion of the mission on 1 July 2008.

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Solar eclipses
Credits:
Wendy Carlos & Fred Espenak
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Description
Solar eclipses provide an excellent opportunity to observe the atmosphere of the solar corona which is normally hidden from view. The corona shows quite a simple pattern at solar minimum (left), becoming highly complex at solar maximum (right).
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