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Max Pics: Images Relating to the Solar Maximum


The following images from SOHO, Yohkoh, and the Astronomy Picture of the Day show the active Sun,
mostly during solar maximum.

SOHO/EIT Erupting Prominence
Erupting Prominence
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[Caption]
SOHO/EIT Big Prominence
Big Prominence
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SOHO/LASCO Sungrazing Comet
Sungrazing Comet
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SOHO/LASCO Coronal Mass Ejection Sequence
CME Sequence
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[Caption]
SOHO Solar Quake
Solar Quake
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SOHO/MDI Convection Image
Convection
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[Caption]
SOHO/LASCO Comet Hyakutake and Flare
Comet, Flare
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Yohkoh Coronal Mass Ejection Sequence
CME Sequence
97K
Yohkoh Great Flare of 11/2/92
11/2/92 Flare
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Yohkoh Magnetic Loops
Magnetic Loops
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Yohkoh Magnetic Arches (1991)
Magnetic Arches (1991)
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Skylab Erupting Prominence of 1973
Prominence of 1973
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SOON Telescope Coronal Mass Ejection
Coronal Mass Ejection
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The following images from SOHO, Yohkoh, The Sun: A Pictorial Introduction, 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
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SOHO Structure of the Sun
Structure of the Sun
30K
Yohkoh Solar Atmosphere
Solar Atmosphere
111K
SOHO Sun and Wind Composite
Sun and Wind Composite
61K
[Caption]
Yohkoh Sigmoids
Sigmoids
67K
Yohkoh Changing Sun
Changing Sun
78K
Butterfly Diagram
Butterfly Diagram
112K
Corona through the Solar Cycle
Changing Corona
131K
Changing Sun in H-Alpha
Changing H-Alpha
95K
Solar Maximum Collage
Max Collage
200K

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