Explore the Sun-Earth System. (Click on the numbers or text to investigate each region)

1. Solar Surface
2. Sunspots
3. Prominences
4. Solar Flares
5. Mass Ejections
6. Solar Wind
7. Magnetosphere
8. Radiation Belt
9. Polar Regions
10. Ionosphere


Image courtesy of NASA


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