1 of the Largest Sunspots in the Last 9 Years (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

1 of the Largest Sunspots in the Last 9 Years

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One of the largest sunspots in the last nine years, labeled AR1944, was seen in early January 2014, as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. An image of Earth has been added for scale.

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