Solar minimum and maximum (IMAGE)

University of Birmingham

Solar minimum and maximum

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The Sun in ultraviolet, as seen by the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, during two periods: one the recent solar minimum in around 2019, and the solar maximum that preceded it, when the Sun was much more active.

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NASA/SDO/Joy Ng

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