The Sun's photosphere has thousands of bumps called granules and usually a few dark depressions called sunspots. The time lapse video was centered on Sunspot 875 was taken in 2006 by the Vacuum Tower Telescope in the Canary Islands of Spain using adaptive optics to resolve details below 500 kilometers across. Each of the numerous granules is the size of an Earth continent, but much shorter lived. A granule slowly changes its shape over an hour, and can even completely disappear.
The Sun's photosphere has thousands of bumps called granules and usually a few dark depressions called sunspots. The time lapse video was centered on Sunspot 875 was taken in 2006 by the Vacuum Tower Telescope in the Canary Islands of Spain using adaptive optics to resolve details below 500 kilometers across. Each of the numerous granules is the size of an Earth continent, but much shorter lived. A granule slowly changes its shape over an hour, and can even completely disappear.
spedkid24 2 years ago
Wow, I've never seen such a detailed view of the surface before.
TheCuriousSkeptic 2 years ago