An image of the Sun’s corona obtained with the Metis instrument on ESA’s Solar Orbiter. This image comes from the instrument’s first light, which was obtained on 15 May 2020, and was taken in visible light (580-640 nm). It shows the two bright equatorial streamers and fainter polar regions that are characteristic of the solar corona during times of minimal magnetic activity.
Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA.