From what structures on the Sun does the solar wind come?
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A solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i.e., a plasma) which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star.
Hi. Coronal holes. You can see some in this video of a transit. http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/stereoim... That is Earth going between the Sun and the satellite. Cool, no? Se also http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=so...
Coronal Holes. Studied extensively from space since the 1960s in ultraviolet and x-ray light, coronal holes are known to be the source of the high-speed solar wind, atoms and electrons which flow outward along the open magnetic field lines. During periods of low activity, coronal holes typically cover regions just above the Sun's poles.
I like CME's!
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