Sun
What does our Sun look like today? Click here to take a look!
Some of the images you’ll see were taken with special cameras. There are some kinds of light that our eyes can’t see, like UV rays (the kind that give you sunburn) so we use these cameras to take pictures of the Sun, sort of like an X-ray machine takes pictures of your bones.
Click here to learn more facts about the Sun. From National Geographic’s great website about the solar system!
The above videos show how the Earth’s magnetic field protects it from the Sun’s energy.
Here’s what it looks like when solar wind hits the Earth’s magnetic field. It causes the Northern and Southern Lights (Auroras).
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