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'Campfires' on Sun seen in new zoomed in Solar Orbiter footage

ESA's Solar Orbiter obtained new imagery of 'campfires' on the sun in February 2021. The process that creates campfires may "contribute significantly to the heating of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona," according to the European Space Agency. Full Story: https://www.space.com/solar-orbiter-corona-heating-mystery-campfires   Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA & NASA | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)