Accident-Prone and Dynamic: The Sun's Surface in Its Sharpest Photos
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
A team of scientists has captured the sharpest images to date of the sun's surface, revealing a rugged and dynamic facade. It is dangerous to look directly at the sun without eye protection. However, researchers were able to glimpse the scorching surface with the help of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, located on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The scientists originally took the images for a different purpose: to fine-tune and test the limits of the telescope. But when they observed the results, they realized they had photographed the sun's brilliant outer layer with unprecedented resolution. Additionally, they saw strange, feathery patterns undulating across the surface. 'It reminds me of famous paintings, like the swirling skies in Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,'' said solar physicist Ruizhu Chen from Stanford University, who did not participate in the new research.
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