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Solar Orbiter: Sun probe’s first images reveal small ‘camp fires’ – BBC News
Solar Orbiter takes the closest ever pictures of the Sun, just 77 million km from the surface.
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The arrow points to a “camp fire”. The circle at bottom-left gives an indication of size
New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras.
They come from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe, which was launched earlier this year.
Among the UK-assembled craft’s novel insights are views of mini-flares dubbed “camp fires”.
These a…
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