SOHO Reveals the Sun’s Dark Secret

Scientists now have the first clear picture of what lies beneath sunspots,
enigmatic, planet-sized dark areas on the surface of the Sun; and have
peered inside the Sun to see swirling flows of electrified gas (plasma)
that create a self-reinforcing cycle which holds a sunspot together. Read
more below…

Please find a link to our new press release on this link. There are
several high res graphics and animations here. NASA TV will air animations
today as well (see information below).

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010919sunspot.html

The story is also on our ESA news site as well (after 17:00 GMT):
http://sci.esa.int/

Images will also be available on our hotshots very soon:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/

EMBARGOED until 1 PM EST (so basicly ready to og)

Sincerely

Paal Brekke

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