May 19, 2002
SUN MAY 19: SUNSPOT, BABY...
1:25pm: Is That What's Going On Up There?
Loops of the sun:
"A snapshot taken by NASA's TRACE spacecraft shows loops of hot, electrified gas rising from the surface of the sun. The loops follow magnetic field lines and can span a length of 250,000 miles, or about 30 times the diameter of Earth. This image, made using ultraviolet light, was released by NASA on May 15." (From MSNBC The Week In Pictures)