UCLan Solar Physicists examine fine-scale details of the solar atmosphere

The ultra-high resolution images captured by NASA’s Hi-C instrument (High-resolution Coronal Imager) uncovered an amazing amount of detail within the hot outer atmosphere of the Sun (the Corona). The camera imaged electrified plasma at about 1 million degrees C and exposed phenomena scientists had never seen before. Hi-C was launched on a sounding rocket on 11 July 2012 and was a collaboration between NASA, UCLan and many international partners*. Solar physicists at the University of Central Lancashi