The following images from SOHO, Yohkoh, and the Astronomy Picture of the Day show the active Sun,
mostly during solar maximum.

Erupting Prominence 53K [Caption]	Big Prominence 30K	Sungrazing Comet 44K	CME Sequence 30K [Caption]	Solar Quake 47K
Convection 53K [Caption]	Comet, Flare 150K	CME Sequence 97K	11/2/92 Flare 57K	Magnetic Loops 62K
Magnetic Arches (1991) 79K	Prominence of 1973 66K	Coronal Mass Ejection 94K

The following images from SOHO, Yohkoh, The Sun: A Pictorial Introduction, and the Astronomy
Picture of the Day are designed to educate people about the Sun and its activity.

Features of the Sun 67K	Structure of the Sun 30K	Solar Atmosphere 111K	Sun and Wind Composite 61K [Caption]	Sigmoids 67K
Changing Sun 78K	Butterfly Diagram 112K	Changing Corona 131K	Changing H-Alpha 95K	Max Collage 200K

Movies

• "Timeline" of the Sun from solar minimum to solar maximum (400K QT)
• The Sun in 1996 and 1999 (2.8M QT)

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