Sunday, April 22, 2012

April 22 2012 The Sun's Diamond Clusters [Plage] HD

 
Also partial eclipse
Diamond Clusters better known as Plage.
An extended emission feature of an active region that exists from the emergence of the first magnetic flux until the widely scattered remnant magnetic fields merge with the background. This bright feature is found in the vicinity of virtually all active sunspot groups and occurs on a larger scale and are brighter than facula. Plage is French for "beach," because each plage looks like light-colored sand against the darker structures around them.
I kind of like the sparking diamond appearance.

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