Double view of total solar eclipse from Earth and SOHO

This image is a composite view of the Feb. 26 total solar eclipse. The
central image is a Feb. 26 view of the solar surface and lower
atmosphere made using the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT)
instrument on board the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO) spacecraft. The surrounding image is a view of the Sun's corona
taken during the eclipse using a telescope on the island of Aruba. The
corona is seen as a shimmering white veil around the moon during a
total solar eclipse. It consists of electrically charged gas that has
been heated to one million degrees Fahrenheit. The intensely heated gas
streams from the solar surface at 250 miles per second. By combining
the two types of images, scientists hope to learn how events on the
solar surface, including explosive ones such as flares and coronal mass
ejections, affect the corona and resulting solar wind. Image provided
by NASA.

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