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WARNING: Staring at these solar images will not damage your eyes, but your brain may melt.
Video after the jump.
Ok, so these images were taken in 2002 — but they’re new to me!
From The Swedish Academy of Sciences / Institute for Solar Physics:
In May 2002, the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope started operation with its full aperture. During the first few months of operation we collected many solar images with unprecedented spatial resolution, estimated to approximately 90 km. Some of these show inner structure, a dark core, in the hitherto unresolved filaments in sunspot penumbrae.
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On the first image in the gallery above:
Part of the largest sunspot in Active Region 10030 recorded on 15 July 2002 with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma. This image was post-processed with the so-called Phase-Diversity Technique, making it the highest-resolution solar image ever.
All images courtesy of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
