Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
IMAGE GALLERY
This image of the corona was taken with the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope and shows the complex, hot plasmas that make up the corona
This image appears in the #58: Why is the Sun's Corona So Hot? Technology Through Time article.
Space Weather Fact
On April 8, 1947, the largest sunspot in modern history reached its maximum size of over 330 times Earth's area.
