Images related to STEREO’s First View of the Sun

Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection
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Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection

This ultraviolet image, captured by NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Ahead spacecraft on February 12, 2010, shows solar storms brewing in two active areas of the Sun.

Published Mar 20, 2010

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Far Side of the Sun
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Far Side of the Sun

For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.

Published Feb 17, 2011

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First 3-D Vews of the Sun
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First 3-D Vews of the Sun

Published Apr 25, 2007

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Prominent View
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Prominent View

NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft spy a solar prominence from two angles.

Published Nov 21, 2012

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Coronal Mass Ejection in late January 2010
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Coronal Mass Ejection in late January 2010

Fiery arcs rise above an active region on the surface of the Sun in this pair of images of a coronal mass ejection on January 27, 2010.

Published Feb 13, 2010

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Solar Storm Heads for Earth
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Solar Storm Heads for Earth

Published Dec 15, 2006

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A Different View of Home
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A Different View of Home

NASA’s STEREO-B spacecraft observed Comet PanSTARRS and Earth from the far side of the Sun in March 2013.

Published Mar 31, 2013

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Solar Storm on August 1, 2010
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Solar Storm on August 1, 2010

A flare bursts from the Sun in this detailed image taken on August 1, 2010, by the STEREO Ahead telescope.

Published Aug 7, 2010

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