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Released May 27, 2007: The Sun's surface is not only covered with magnetic active regions, but
also with "quiet regions" containing X-ray bright points. The resolution
of Hinode's X-ray telescope
(XRT) has now made it possible to see loop structures of which the bright
points are apparently composed. In the image above, individual
bright points are
circled in green. After viewing the mpeg movie (MPEG1, 4.5M), one wonders about the term
"quiet region". Colors in the image and movie are pseudo-color. These data were taken on March 16, 2007 from 0:00 - 08:00 UT. The full press release and other images
and movies may be found on the Hinode news pages of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).
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