A year on the sun.
The sun shows emissions from highly ionized iron atoms in the solar corona at a temperature of about 1 million degrees Fahrenheit. Also, the solar active regions are laced with loops and arcs along magnetic field lines. These regions are known as dark spots.
Image Credit: NASA
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