Sun-Earth Day Presents: Eclipse, In a Different Light
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- This is a modern image of the sun made with a radio telescope by astronomer Stephen White (University of Maryland). The radio emission was detected with the Very Large Array radio telescope at a wavelength of 4.6 GHz. The image shows bright regions (red and yellow) of million-degree gas above sunspots. (Courtesy: NRAO / AUI / NSF)
