The Sun’s fluffy corona in exquisite detail

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The Sun’s fluffy corona in exquisite detail

00:00:48 This otherworldly, ever-changing landscape is what the Sun looks like up close. ESA's Solar Orbiter filmed the transition from the Sun's lower atmosphere to the much hotter outer corona. The hair-like structures are made of charged gas (plasma), following magnetic field lines emerging from the Sun's interior.The brightest regions are around one million degrees Celsius, while cooler material looks dark as it absorbs radiation. This v…