Figure 16-16: R I V U X G
The Ultraviolet Corona The SOHO spacecraft recorded this false-color ultraviolet view of the solar corona. The dark feature running across the Sun’s disk from the top is a coronal hole, a region where the coronal gases are thinner than elsewhere. Such holes are often the source of strong gusts in the solar wind.
The Ultraviolet Corona The SOHO spacecraft recorded this false-color ultraviolet view of the solar corona. The dark feature running across the Sun’s disk from the top is a coronal hole, a region where the coronal gases are thinner than elsewhere. Such holes are often the source of strong gusts in the solar wind.(SOHO/EIT/ESA/NASA)