Snapshot of a Sunspot Observed by the Hinode Spacecraft (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Snapshot of a Sunspot Observed by the Hinode Spacecraft

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(top) Visible light continuum image. (bottom) Magnetic field strength map. The color shows the field strength, from weak (cool colors) to strong (warm colors). Red indicates a location with a strength of more than 6,000 gauss (600 mT).

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