August 2013: SDO Observes Large Coronal Hole
On the Sun, coronal holes represent regions where the solar magnetic field does not connect back to the Sun. In these cases, the magnetic field guides the charged particles of the solar wind into distant space, forming the fast solar wind.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- None None (SDO Science Team and the Virtual Solar Observatory)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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SDO AIA 193 (A.K.A. 193 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER
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