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Sun’s North Pole Coronal Hole

SOHO captured this image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun’s north pole on July 18, 2013.
SOHO captured this image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun’s north pole on July 18, 2013.

The European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, captured this image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun’s north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 .a.m. EDT. The image shows light in the 284 Angstrom wavelength, which highlights hotter solar material, so thecolder coronal holes stand out in dark relief. Credit: ESA and NASA/SOHO
View associated news iteam at https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/large-coronal-hole-near-sun-north-pole/