The Suns Surface Features
Sunspots: Temporary dark spots on the photosphere, or the visible surface of the sun. They can be up to 50,000 miles in diameter. They are areas of intense magnetism making them cooler than the areas around them. They happen when loops of the magnetic field come up through the suns surface making a sunspot and then make another one where the loop comes back down.
Solar Flares: Solar flares occur when a loop from the sun's magnetic field snap and break. This creates a explosion. A solar flare, also known as a coronal ejection, releases particles that are highly energetic, or solar wind. Solar wind can be dangerous because it carries large amounts of radiation which is harmful to humans.
Solar Prominences: Happens when plasma flows between sunspots along a loop of the suns magnetic field. These can be seen in a sun eclipse.
Solar Flares: Solar flares occur when a loop from the sun's magnetic field snap and break. This creates a explosion. A solar flare, also known as a coronal ejection, releases particles that are highly energetic, or solar wind. Solar wind can be dangerous because it carries large amounts of radiation which is harmful to humans.
Solar Prominences: Happens when plasma flows between sunspots along a loop of the suns magnetic field. These can be seen in a sun eclipse.