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....from the guys at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany. Published in Science Express.
Actually a supercomputer rendering based on all the latest sensor data and imagry, but still
Link....
In the just-released image above, the interface between a sunspot's umbra (dark center) and penumbra (lighter outer region) shows a complex structure with narrow, almost horizontal (lighter to white) filaments embedded in a background having a more vertical (darker to black) magnetic field. Farther out, extended patches of horizontal field dominate. For the first time, scientists have modeled this complex structure in a comprehensive 3D computer simulation, giving scientists their first glimpse below the visible surface.
Cross section
Actually a supercomputer rendering based on all the latest sensor data and imagry, but still
Link....
In the just-released image above, the interface between a sunspot's umbra (dark center) and penumbra (lighter outer region) shows a complex structure with narrow, almost horizontal (lighter to white) filaments embedded in a background having a more vertical (darker to black) magnetic field. Farther out, extended patches of horizontal field dominate. For the first time, scientists have modeled this complex structure in a comprehensive 3D computer simulation, giving scientists their first glimpse below the visible surface.
Cross section
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