ocr: SOHO RESULTS THE ORIGIN OF SOLAR WIND The UVCS ulfraviolef coronagraph ring-shaped image) shows charged afoms leaving the Sun and creating two kinds ofsolar wind. A fast solar wind comes from coronal holes that appear dark in the central EIT image, near the north and south poles. The charged afoms accelerate rapidly as they travel away from the Sun. A. slow solor wind comes from brighter regions near the equator, where the magnetic field impedes the escape of the charged atoms.
