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Solar Corona - as viewed during a total eclipse
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Cutaway of the sun, showing core, radiative and convective zones, and corona - painting © by Don Dixon for Scientific American
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diagram shows how electrons spiral along the sun's magnetic field lines ; digital, 2006
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Solar magnetic fields snap and rejoin thousands of miles above the Sun's surface, releasing a burst of x-rays. Digital Artwork © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com
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Infographic showing how solar flares are created by the breaking and reconnecting of solar magnetic field lines; for Scientific American, © Don Dixon