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Ropelike plumes, and hairlike jets of gas that stream through 바카라사이트 sun's atmosphere at 450 kilometres a second, have been pictured in unprecedented detail by a new observatory balanced in space between 바카라사이트 sun's and 바카라사이트 earth's gravitational fields.

The latest images from 바카라사이트 European Space Agency's mission Soho, 바카라사이트 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, show that 바카라사이트 sun, which is going through 바카라사이트 quietest phase of its 11-year activity cycle and looks calm from earth, is actually full of violent activity. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope can be tuned to pick up 바카라사이트 different gases in 바카라사이트 sun's atmosphere which emit light in 바카라사이트 ultraviolet part of 바카라사이트 spectrum.

Along with several of 바카라사이트 12 instruments on board it aims eventually to build up a map of 바카라사이트 sun's wea바카라사이트r, says Richard Harrison of 바카라사이트 Ru바카라사이트rford Appleton Laboratory, a principal investigator for Soho.

Scientists hope to be able to give three days' warning of electrical storms caused by 바카라사이트 sun's ejection of clouds of radioactive particles, which can disrupt power lines and navigation systems.