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Caption: Figure 3.
Another portion of the images from Figure 1. As before, several points, C–H, are marked on the solar surface to guide the reader. The arrows and the numbers 1–4 point to several coronal features. Loop 1 appears much thinner in the apex on STEREO A (top panel) than on STEREO B (bottom panel). Loop 2, which clearly connects points D and F on STEREO A, is nowhere to be found on STEREO B (a possibly corresponding feature is shown with a question mark; however, its footpoints are clearly D and E, not D and F). On the contrary, loop 4, connecting points D and E and extending more northward than point G on STEREO B, is hard to find (if at all) on STEREO A. Loop 3, connecting points G and H, appears much thinner on STEREO B than on STEREO A. Again, while it could be argued that all of these occurrences could be explained by the overlap of many features in an optically thin plasma, it is also possible that these loops are not circular in cross section.
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