The dark region seen on the face of the sun at the end of March 2013 is a coronal hole just above and to the right of the middle of the picture, which is a source of fast solar wind leaving the sun in this image from NASA Solar Dynamic Observatory.
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Title: Pulses from the Sun
Creator: NASA/SDO/AIA
Date Created: 2014-02-11
Rights: JPL
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