[Photo] Taeyang's 'Campfire'... ESA Releases Closest Photo

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 16th (local time), the European Space Agency (ESA) released an image of the sun taken from the closest distance in human history. This image was captured by the solar polar explorer 'Solar Orbiter' when it passed the closest point to the sun on May 30th. At that time, the distance to the sun was 77 million km, about half the distance between the Earth and the sun. Scientists detected small solar flare phenomena in this image and named them 'Campfire' and 'Nanoflare.'

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