The Sun seen through UV lens

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image showing The Sun seen through UV lens

Bonkeroo on July 23rd, 2017 at 20:15 UTC »

N00b question: Does a UV lens see only the UV, or filter out the UV?

teridon on July 23rd, 2017 at 20:41 UTC »

This image is a combination of three different wavelengths of UV (171, 193, and 211 Angstroms), taken by the AIA telescope on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

Here is a NASA article about the image

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Article by the Royal Astronomical Society

Totes_Ma_gotes_ on July 24th, 2017 at 00:36 UTC »

The first time I tried LSD, everything had this raimbow shimmering glow to it that looked exactly like this. I could never accurately describe it, but this is a perfect representation of what it looked like. I don't know if psychedelics unlock something that allows you to see UV or maybe I was just tripping, but it's pretty interesting.