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Solar Orbiter spacecraft snaps first images of Sun's south pole

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New images show a shimmering bright atmosphere which in parts reaches temperatures of a million degrees Celsius .

Images will enable scientists to learn how the Sun cycles between periods of raging storms and quiet times.

These magnetic fields determine when the Sun rages and spits out particles toward the Earth .

The ultimate goal is to develop computer models of the Sun so that space weather can be predicted.

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