Explanation: How smooth is the Sun? The new Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, deployed in the Canary Islands only last year, allows imaging of objects less than 100-km across on the Sun's surface. When pointed toward the Sun's edge, surface objects now begin to block each other, indicating true three-dimensional information.
Close inspection of the image reveals much vertical information, including spectacular light-bridges rising nearly 500-km above the floor of sunspots near the top of the image. Also visible in the above false-color image are hundreds of bubbling granules, each about 1000-km across, and small bright regions known as faculas.
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Very cool pic of the sun!
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The Sun's Surface in 3D
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Started by Starlyte , Jun 24 2003 04:48 PM
Started by Starlyte , Jun 24 2003 04:48 PM
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 04:48 PM
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 04:59 PM
Excellent picture there, you can really see the Solar granulation and sunspots very clearly. That's the best quality image of the Sun's surface I've seen yet.
Nice find Starlyte.
Nice find Starlyte.
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 05:01 PM
I thought it was too beautiful not to share here! It is a great picture. 
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 05:25 PM
he he.....lol.....
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..........lol.............he he....this is funny....
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 07:47 PM
very cool and interesting picture!
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Posted 25 June 2003 - 01:32 AM
Wow, excellent pic starlyte. Thanks for sharing it
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Posted 26 June 2003 - 11:00 AM
That really is an awesome pic Starlyte .
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Posted 26 June 2003 - 12:35 PM
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It looks like skin ... but from very close distance ...
But it look awsam ... thanks ((Starlyte))
It looks like skin ... but from very close distance ...
But it look awsam ... thanks ((Starlyte))
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Posted 26 June 2003 - 03:42 PM
yes it most sertenly is! 
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