Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 8, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Sweeping Arches and LoopsTwo active regions with their intense magnetic fields produced towering arches and spiraling coils of solar loops above them (June 29 - July 1, 2014) as they rotated into view. When viewed in extreme ultraviolet light, magnetic field lines are revealed by charged particles that travel along them. These active regions appear as dark sunspots when viewed in filtered light. Note the small blast in the upper of the two major active regions, followed by more coils of loops as the region reorganizes itself. Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA.Source: NASA/SDO - Pick of the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted July 8, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is it just my impression or did this solar maximum turn out to be a good deal more vigorous than predicted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 8, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is it just my impression or did this solar maximum turn out to be a good deal more vigorous than predicted? Quite the opposite actually. It is the weakest solar max for a very long time, see here: Solar Mini-Max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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