3-D Magnetic Fields around the Light Bridge (VIDEO)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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Field lines extend from the solar interior and appear at the solar surface. The horizontal fields of the bridge (sky-blue) are pressed between the vertical fields of the pores (red). The magnetic flux splits into two parts, which appear as two pores at the surface. Weakly-magnetized plasma is sandwiched between the two flux bundles.

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Credit: NAOJ/LMSAL/NASA

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