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"G.." wrote:

On May 23, 4:10*am, dave wrote:
http://www.solarcycle24.com/


What are the clusters of white spots that have shown .. flares ?

G ..

It looks like the sun spots have formed a small prominence in the
photosphere at those points. The magnetic lines are not twisted much so
the loops are extending outward into the photosphere instead of causing
a slightly cooler spot with twisted lines nearer the surface.

You get flares when highly twisted magnetic lines break and reconnect
into a less twisted forms. That process causes the matter on the sun's
surface to get scattered and blown off into space.

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Telamon
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