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Portable Network Graphic  |  2003-02-25  |  12.1 KB  |  563x67  |  8-bit (31 colors)
   ocr: Extreme ultraviolet image of the Sun obtained by EIT revealing gas at 1.5 million degrees. The 'close-up" shows a Doppler velocity map of million degree gas af the base of the corono, where the solar wind originates. Blue = blue shifts or oufflows, Red l red shifts or downtlows. The strongest flows (dark blue) occur af the edges of honey-comb" shaped pattems where the high speed solar wind is accelerated.