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Current Solar Images

MDI Solar Image
(SOHO/Stanford Univ)

The MDI Solar image is good for seeing Sunspots on the face of the Sun.

Fe XV Solar Image
(SOHO/NASA Goddard)

The 284 Angstrom FeXV (yellow image) image focuses on the Sun's corona. This image is good for seeing Coronal Holes. Coronal Holes can send Solar Wind gusts to the Earth and trigger Northern Lights.

White-Light Coronameter
(Mauna Loa Observatory)

The White-Light Coronameter is the only land-based image on this page. Taken from high atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the imager uses a disk to block out the light from the sun so that you can see the Sun's corona. This instrument is designed to look at the Sun, please do not try this at home!