Polar Plumes

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2075d&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2075. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Sun, Solar Atmosphere

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Polar plumes (figure 1) are thin, bright, linear structures that are seen to emanate from the poles of the Sun during the `minimum' phase of the solar cycle, when there are well-developed polar CORONAL HOLES. They may be seen with the naked eye during a solar eclipse or at any time with coronagraph instruments sensitive to visible or ultraviolet light. When seen with visible light, they are often...

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