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Hawaii telescope captures swirling, vortex-like patterns on sun’s surface
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Astronomers using the Inouye Solar Telescope have identified Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the sun's surface, appearing as vortex-like patterns. These observations provide new insights into the solar photosphere and the physical processes that drive space weather.
The sun’s visible surface, or photosphere, in an image taken by the Hawaii-based Inouye Solar Telescope, in this handout image released today. The image reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with a phenomenon called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
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