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You've seen the Sun, but you've never seen the Sun like this. This single frame from a video captured by ESA's Solar Orbiter mission shows the Sun looking very …. fluffy!
See the full video below, which shows unusual features on the Sun, including coronal moss, spicules, and coronal rain. So, just what is coronal moss? It's what gives the Sun its fluffy appearance here. These peculiar structures on the Sun resemble the moss we find on Earth, in that it appears like fine, lacy features.
At about 0:30 in the video, you'll see coronal rain. This material is cooler than the rest of the solar surface versus the one million degrees C of the coronal loops.
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