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Aurora These pink lights in the sky are an aurora, caused by solar particles striking oxygen in Earth's atmosphere.

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The Hot Sun This photo shows how hot the sun's gases are. Red spots are cool. Blue and green spots are hotter.

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Sunspots The sun's gases shoot up into space, forming arcs around sunspots.

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