THE UNQUIET SUN --- A time series of images of the Sun taken by the Solar and
Helisopheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft on February 11, 1996 from its
unique vantage point at the "L1" gravity neutral point 1,000,000 miles sunward
from the earth. A blob of 60,000-degree gas, over 80,000 miles long, was
ejected at a speed of at least 15,000 miles per hour. The images were obtained
in ultraviolet light absorbed by the earth's atmosphere by the Extreme
ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT). (The time at which each image was
obtained is given in "Universal" [formerly Greenwich Mean] Time.) SOHO is a
joint European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA program of international cooperation.