glenc
17-04-2010, 02:15 AM
Today's APOD is amazing.
"Up close, the solar surface is a striking patch work of granules (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granule_%28solar_physics%29) in this very high resolution picture of the quiet Sun (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090604.html).
Caused by convection, the granules are hot, rising columns of plasma (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkGSV9WDMA) edged by dark lanes of cooler, descending plasma"
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100416.html
"Up close, the solar surface is a striking patch work of granules (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granule_%28solar_physics%29) in this very high resolution picture of the quiet Sun (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090604.html).
Caused by convection, the granules are hot, rising columns of plasma (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkGSV9WDMA) edged by dark lanes of cooler, descending plasma"
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100416.html