The pictures were taken over three weeks.
The European Space Agency (ESA) Solar Orbiter approached the Sun and transmitted new images of our star to Earth. From these images, the scientists of the mission created a video where you can see the Sun in all its glory, reports Phys.org.
It is noted that the images were taken during the approach from September 20 to October 10. They show our star at a wavelength of 17 nanometers. This wavelength is emitted by gas in the Sun's atmosphere with a temperature of about a million degrees. As scientists note, the color in the images was added artificially, since the original wavelength is invisible to the human eye.
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How the publication notes, near the end of the video, the image begins to twitch a little. This occurs on days when the Solar Orbiter did not transmit data to Earth. But the amount of information transmitted by the device is huge.
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