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Solar Filaments Arrow — One Revolution Later

The remains of the solar filament arrow on June 17, first sighted on May 28.
Two solar filaments that looked like an arrow, survived a transition around the sun, but the shape sharpness has degraded, as seen by NASA's SDO.

The sun, as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, on June 17, 2015, shows the remains of the two solar filaments that appeared to form an arrow, have survived transitioning around the sun, but the sharpness of the shape has degraded since they were first observed on May 28, 2015. Credit: NASA/SDO

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