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| The bright visible surface of the sun |
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| On the sun, the faint outer atmoshpere composed of low-density, high temp. gas |
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| Bright gases just above the photoshere of the sun |
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| The fine structure of bright grains covering the sun's surface. |
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| Very large convective features in the sun's surface |
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| Circulation in a fluid driven by heat. Hot material rises and bool material sinks |
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| The network of small magnetic loops that covers the solar surface |
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| The study of the interior of the sun by the analysis of its modes of vibrations |
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| The process by which a rotating convecting body of conducting matter, such as the Earth core, can generate a magnetic field |
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| Why can't you see deeper into the Sun's photosphere? |
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| Light moving through the sun's outer layers keep changing the direction that the photons move through, so you don't get information about what was at lower depths inside the sun. You just see the hot outermost layer: the photosphere. |
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