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2789.JPG
S/2789
Sun from SOHO		 sun bbso.TIF
sun bbso.TIF
Sun in white light		 TraceLoopStill2.tif
Trace2.tif
Loop closeup		 TRACEclimage1.tif
Trace1.tif
Loop prominence		 02643.jpg
02643.jpg
Sunspot and convection
Sun.TIF
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Sun in white light		 4577.JPG
S/4577
Sun in white light		 4533.JPG
S/4533
Sunspot closeup		 1389.JPG
S/1389
Sun in x-rays		 4048.JPG
S/4048
Sun in Taurus. Stars
 in background
3941.JPG
S/3941
Sunspot closeup		 1117.JPG
S/1117
Sun with many spots		 TRICO1.tif
TRICO1.tif
SOHO image		 EITPLUME.TIF
EITPLUME.TIF
SOHO image		 3130.jpg
3130.jpg
Prominence
5007a.jpg
5007a.jpg
Flare		 GRANDAD.JPG
GRANDAD.JPG
Largest prominence ever		 SUN2.JPG
S/1117a
Sun with many spots
02641a.jpg
02641a.jpg
Rice-grain structure
DSCN3337.JPG
DSCN3337.JPG
Prominence in false 
colour, Skylab, 1973
171loops.gif
171loops.tif
Sun from SOHO		 111-still512.gif
111-still512.tif
Comet C/2000 H2
approaching the Sun		 Yohkoh_920508.jpg
Yohkoh_920508.jpg
Sun in X-rays from Yohkoh		 AR8970_fullscale.jpg
AR8970_fullscale.jpg
Closeup of sunspot in high resolution		 svt01jun99_hm700_000719.jpg
svt01jun99_hm700.jpg
Closeup of sunspot in high res
c2_4panel.gif
c2_4panel.tif
Coronal mass ejection sequence		 T171_000912_114052.gif
T171_000912_114052.tif
Prominences		 TLya_980519_080646.gif
TLya_980519_080646.tif
Prominences at limb		 T1216_000527_144307.gif
T1216_000527_144307.tif
False-colour view of limb		 Twl_981122_164328.gif
Twl_981122_164328.tif
Wilson Effect (sunspot appears in a depression on surface)
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