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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 20 October 2023, 00:06:46
Source 20231020_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
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