• Disk view of the Sun's surface with multiple prominences and filaments as well as a solar flare in the bottom left quadrant.
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    This image of the Sun's chromosphere was taken with a hydrogen-alpha telescope at 12:45 pm EDT on Thursday, June 2.

    Compare this image to the image from June 1 and notice that many of the active regions are present in both images but have changed slightly in appearance.  The features have also changed positions slightly due to the Sun's rotation.

  • Disk view of the Sun's surface with multiple prominences and filaments as well as a solar flare in the bottom left quadrant.

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June 02, 2011

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Katie Moore

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WEB11913-2011

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