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The Sun Acts Up


The following images from SOHO, Yohkoh, and the Astronomy Picture of the Day show different kinds of activity on the Sun.

SOHO/EIT Erupting Prominence
Erupting Prominence
53K [SOHO]
SOHO/EIT Solar Eruption
Solar Eruption
62K [SOHO]
SOHO/EIT Big Prominence
Big Prominence
30K [SOHO]
SOHO/LASCO Sungrazing Comet
Sungrazing Comet
44K [SOHO]
SOHO/LASCO Coronal Mass Ejection Sequence
CME Sequence
30K [SOHO]
SOHO Solar Quake
Solar Quake
47K [SOHO]
SOHO/MDI Convection Image
Convection
53K [SOHO]
SOHO/LASCO Comet Hyakutake and Flare
Comet, Flare
150K [SOHO]
Yohkoh Coronal Mass Ejection Sequence
CME Sequence
97K [Yohkoh]
Yohkoh Great Flare of 11/2/92
11/2/92 Flare
57K [Yohkoh]
Yohkoh Magnetic Loops
Magnetic Loops
62K [Yohkoh]
Yohkoh Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
71K [Yohkoh]
Yohkoh Magnetic Arches (1991)
Magnetic Arches (1991)
79K [Yohkoh]
Skylab Huge Flare of 1973
Flare of 1973
66K [APOD]
SOON Telescope Coronal Mass Ejection
Coronal Mass Ejection
94K [APOD]


The following images from the Astronomy Picture of the Day, the Exploratorium Eclipse Site, Chuck Vaughn's Eclipses page, Mike Kellstrand's Comets page, and Jeff Miller's Photo Gallery show solar eclipses from the ground.

J.M. Gillis, 9/7/1858
J.M. Gillis, 9/7/1858
40K [Exploratorium]
Lick Observatory, 6/1/1889
Lick Obs., 6/1/1889
20K [UCSC]
Lick Observatory, 12/21/1889
Lick Obs., 12/21/1889
32K [UCSC]
Lick Observatory, 4/16/1893
Lick Obs., 4/16/1893
25K [UCSC]
Lick Observatory, 6/8/18
Lick Obs., 6/8/18
24K [UCSC]
Steve Albers, 7/11/91
7/11/91
74K [S.Albers/APOD]
HAO-Mauna Kea, 7/11/91
HAO-Mauna Kea, 7/11/91
217K [APOD]
Chuck Vaughn, 7/11/91
7/11/91
28K [C.Vaughn]
Jeff Miller, 5/10/94
5/10/94
12K [J.Miller]
Olivier Staiger, 9/2/97
9/2/97
13K [O.Staiger/APOD]
Steve Bairos, 2/26/98
2/26/98
8K [S.Bairos]
Exploratorium, 2/26/98
2/26/98
6K [Exploratorium]
Jeff Miller, 2/26/98
2/26/98
24K [J.Miller]
J. Sanford, 2/26/98
2/26/98
22K [J.Sanford/APOD]
Olivier Staiger, 8/22/98
Annular 8/22/98
36K [O.Staiger/APOD]


The following images from SOHO, Yohkoh, and the Astronomy Picture of the Day are designed to educate people about the Sun and its activity.

SOHO/EIT Features of the Sun
Features of the Sun
67K [SOHO]
SOHO Structure of the Sun
Structure of the Sun
30K [SOHO]
SOHO Sun and Wind Composite
Sun and Wind Composite
61K [APOD]
SOHO Rivers in the Sun
Rivers in the Sun
34K [APOD]
SOHO Solar Magnetic Carpet
Solar Magnetic Carpet
47K [APOD]
Yohkoh Sigmoids
Sigmoids
67K [Yohkoh]
Yohkoh Solar Atmosphere
Solar Atmosphere
111K [Yohkoh]
Yohkoh Changing Sun
Changing Sun
78K [Yohkoh]
NOAA Solar Oscillation
Solar Oscillation
20K [APOD]