Two Stunning ‘Faces’ Of Our Nearest Star: Big Pic In some photographs the sun can appear to be a boiling mass of twisted, writhing filaments and “furry” spicules, with prominences leaping in towers and arcs along its limb. In other photos it can appear as a serene, featureless sphere with a subtle granular texture broken only by the occasional smudge of a sunspot. Both, of course, are the same star, it all just depends on how you look at it — or, more specifically, in what light you look at it. learn how we see the sun…

Two Stunning ‘Faces’ Of Our Nearest Star: Big Pic

In some photographs the sun can appear to be a boiling mass of twisted, writhing filaments and “furry” spicules, with prominences leaping in towers and arcs along its limb.

In other photos it can appear as a serene, featureless sphere with a subtle granular texture broken only by the occasional smudge of a sunspot.

Both, of course, are the same star, it all just depends on how you look at it — or, more specifically, in what light you look at it.

learn how we see the sun…

Source: news.discovery.com

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