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           Blue (171 Angstroms) full disk image: The Sun's million degree atmosphere taken on Dec. 4 by STEREO's SECCHI/EUVI telescope. The close-up of the active region is cropped from the full disk image. One of the first images taken by the  en:STEREO mission. Property of  en:NASA therefore in the public domain. | 
          
          
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           2006-12-04 (original upload date : 2007-01-10) | 
          
          
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            NASA. Originally from  en.wikipedia; description page is/was  here. | 
          
          
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           NASA (Original uploader was  Tainter at  en.wikipedia) | 
          
          
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