This is a
featured picture
on the English language Wikipedia (
Featured pictures
) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination
here
.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet
/
Russian space agency
, and other non-American space agencies. These are
not necessarily
in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA)
joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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