Images Dated 6th April 2001

Solar rotation

Solar rotation. Sequence of 35 optical images taken a day apart, showing the rotation of the Sun's surface. The first image (upper left) was taken on 1st June 2000, and the last (bottom right) on 5th July 2000. The rotation is seen in the movement of dark sunspots from left to right across the solar disc. Different parts of the Sun rotate at different rates. At the equator, the Sun's surface rotates in 25.4 days. Sunspots are cooler areas on the Sun's surface, thought to be caused by interactions within the Sun's magnetic field. They tend to occur in two bands above and below the solar equator

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2001 Austrian Grand Prix - Race
A1-Ring, Austria. 13th May 2001
Kimi Raikkonen, Sauber Petronas C20, leads Olivier Panis, BAR Honda BAR003 and Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2001, action.
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Formula One World Championship: Rene Arnoux 1st place flanked by Andrea de Cesaris, left, 2nd place and Riccardo Patrese, right, 3rd place

Rene Arnoux (FRA) 1st place flanked by Andrea de Cesaris (ITA), left, 2nd place and Riccardo Patrese (ITA), right, 3rd place
German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 7 August 1983

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