Sliding Spark Source (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Sliding Spark Source

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NIST’s unique "sliding spark source" (inside the glass tubing) feeds ultraviolet light into NASA’s Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation instrument, designed to measure magnetic fields on the sun.

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