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Portable Network Graphic  |  2003-02-25  |  10.4 KB  |  563x67  |  8-bit (31 colors)
   ocr: The LASCO Cl coronagraph shows wo-months' evolution of the extended solar corong near the solar activity minimum, This movie shows the outer atmosphere, or corone, at a temperature of about 2 million degrees. The structure of the corona outlines the shape of the Sun's magnetic field. The inner images show the magnetic field af the surface of the Sun.