A Gigantic Coronal Hole Hovering over the Sun's North Pole (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Gigantic Coronal Hole Hovering over the Sun's North Pole

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The European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, captured this image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun's north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 a.m. EDT.

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