Sun Smiling Picture Clicked By Nasa

The sun is, in essence, “the largest nuclear reactor in our solar system,”

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Some of that solar activity was photographed by NASA’s satellite on Wednesday

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the trio of patches that make up the “face” — which can’t be seen with human eyes because they’re in the ultraviolet spectrum

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The coronal holes aren’t just interesting shapes moving around the sun’s surface

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They’re areas of high magnetic-field activity steadily sending solar wind

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They’re areas of high magnetic-field activity steadily sending solar wind

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