Color Composite of Solar Features

Color Composite of Solar Features
From NASA's Planetary Photojournal
This composite image combines Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) images from three wavelengths (171, 195 and 284 angstrom) into one that reveals solar features unique to each wavelength. Since the EIT images come to us from the spacecraft in black and white, they are color coded for easy identification. For this image, the nearly simultaneous images from May 1998 were each given a color code (red, yellow and blue) and merged into one.
Image Title: Color Composite of Solar Features
Catalog #: PIA03150
Photo Target Name: The Sun
Courtesy of SOHO/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.
Instrument: Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
Spacecraft: Soho

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