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These images of the Sun were taken from three sources,
the joint ISAS/NASA spacecraft Yohkoh, the National Solar Observatory at 
Sacramento Peak in Sunspot, New Mexico, and from SOHO's
EIT (Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) and are courtesy of the
EIT Consortium. Thanks to the National Space Science Data Center
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