Solar Orbiter Provides Mesmerizing Close-Up View of Sun’s Corona

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft provides a stunning close-up view of the sun’s corona, showcasing intricate features such as coronal moss, spicules, and coronal rain. This mesmerizing video reveals the sun’s outer atmosphere in all its glory, with temperatures reaching 1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit. Solar Orbiter, equipped with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager, captures unprecedented images of the sun’s atmosphere, working in conjunction with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to study the sun’s cycles, atmosphere, and solar wind.