The Sun is Spectacular!
By Stephanie Reid
The sun
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The Core
Read more about it here: http://www.thesuntoday.org/overview/layers-of-the-sun/
Image Source: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rgowdy/astro/image/core.gif
Radiative Zone
Read more about it here: http://www.thesuntoday.org/overview/layers-of-the-sun/
Image Source: http://sunstructures8.weebly.com/uploads/9/1/4/9/9149861/6122863_orig.jpg
Convective Zone
Read more about it here: http://www.thesuntoday.org/overview/layers-of-the-sun/
Image Source: http://astro.ic.ac.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/XLarge/SolarInterior.jpg
The Photosphere
The photosphere is the visible surface of the Sun that we are most familiar with. We can also measure the flow of material in the photosphere using the Doppler effect. These measurements reveal additional features such as supergranules as well as large scale flows and a pattern of waves and oscillations.
Read more about it here: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/surface.shtml
Image Source: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/solar-tricktionary/photosphere.en.jpg
The Chromosphere
Read more about it here: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/feature2.shtml
Image Source: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/feature2.shtml
Corona
Read more about it here: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/sun/corona.html
Image Source: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/corona.jpg
Sunspots
Read more about it here: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/sunspots.aspx
Image Source: http://sites.gsu.edu/geog1112/files/2014/05/Sunspots-24a151h.jpg
Prominence
Read more about it here: http://science.jrank.org/pages/6262/Solar-Prominence.html
Flare
Read more about it here: http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory/flare.htm
Image Source: http://wallpaperbeta.com/wallpaper_3840x2160/space_star_sun_planet_land_crown_ultra_3840x2160_hd-wallpaper-422128.jpg
Aurora
Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora
Image Source: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/20150409-10-sebastiansaarloos.jpg