Determining the real scale of structures in the Sun's corona has proved difficult because of limited spatial resolution. Now high-resolution imaging has allowed dynamic structures on scales of 150 kilometres to be observed. See Letter p.501
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Cargill, P. Towards ever smaller length scales. Nature 493, 485–486 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/493485a
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