Worksheet 4.4

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Below is a sequence of images of a solar flare, which occurred on April 15th, 2002, as observed in X-rays by the RHESSI spacecraft. In each of the images, predict what you think the shape of the magnetic field will look like and draw it on top of the image. The X’s in the image indicate the location of the “footprints” of the coronal loop.

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