The Metallic Sunspot
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The Metallic Sunspot
This is a revisit to the famous "Fibrils Flower on the Sun" image by Alan Friedman which was featured as NASA APOD on 17th February 2015. The image was captured by the 1.6m Grand Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory on 2nd October 2014. It is a close up of the active region 2177.
Credit: BBSO/NJIT/Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Credit: BBSO/NJIT/Soumyadeep Mukherjee
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Re: The Metallic Sunspot
Definitely got that iron filing look to it...
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Re: The Metallic Sunspot
Looks like a metallic ‘splat’
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Re: The Metallic Sunspot
Artistic but different. Pretty in it’s own way. Certainly high rez!
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