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Solar Flare

Solar flare

November 19, 2004 - Solar flare from our sun as captured by the EIT. The Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) is an instrument on the SOHO spacecraft used to obtain high-resolution images of the solar corona in the ultraviolet range. The EIT instrument is sensitive to light of four different wavelengths: 17.1, 19.5, 28.4, and 30.4 nm, corresponding to light produced by highly ionized iron and helium, respectively.

Why this photo was chosen

Without the sun, we don't exist. It's beautiful and mysterious, but a very dangerous entity.

And to all fellow crew members: we are entering yet another terribly unsettling period. One of our greatest assets, emotional intelligence, can also be our most dangerous. I deposit my take-home pay. I read United's new Section 1113(c) demands. I hear frustration and desperation from fellow employees. And my temper flares. It flares!

It's time for caution.

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