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Far Side of the Sun
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Published February 17, 2011
For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.
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May 2010 Solar Storm
Published June 20, 2010
A bright mass of charged particles loops from the Sun’s outer atmosphere during a solar storm on May 23, 2010. Taken two hours apart, the pair of images shows the stream of particles moving away from the Sun during a coronal mass ejection.
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Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection
Published March 20, 2010
This ultraviolet image, captured by NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Ahead spacecraft on February 12, 2010, shows solar storms brewing in two active areas of the Sun.
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Coronal Mass Ejection in late January 2010
Published February 13, 2010
Fiery arcs rise above an active region on the surface of the Sun in this pair of images of a coronal mass ejection on January 27, 2010.
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