The Impressive TimesThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released stunning images of the Sun captured by the Aditya L1 satellite during a major geomagnetic storm in May.
These images were taken by two remote sensing payloads on the satellite: the Solar UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) and the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), along with other payloads, from the Lagrange point in space.
The released images clearly show magnetically active regions with large solar flares on the Sun’s surface. The solar emissions highlight the relative brightness of sunspots, umbra, penumbra, and plages.
ISRO states that these images will help astrophysicists study solar flares, their energy distribution, sunspots, UV radiation across a wide wavelength range, and long-term solar variations.
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