This image comes from the National Solar Observatory’s telescope named Inouye. Each one of these convection cells you see is the size of Texas, and is composed of plasma at a temperature of thousands of degrees. Pictures like these from the Inouye telescope are not just beautiful; they give us valuable information that will help us learn more about what goes on under the Sun’s surface and how solar flares are formed.
Convection Flows on the Surface of the Sun
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
- Clouds 2: Why Are There Clouds? Lift Mechanism 1: Instability
- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
- Dye Techniques 3 - Light Emitting Fluids
- Refractive Index Techniques 1: Liquid Surfaces
- Refractive Index Techniques 2: Shadowgraphy and Schlieren
- Particles 1- Physics: Flow and Light
- Particles 2: Aerosols
- Particles 3: In Water
- Particles 4 -Dilute Particle Techniques
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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Third Prize – It is amazing how similar physical phenomena occur no matter where we are in the solar system. It is even more incredible this can be photographed from Earth!
Second Price. I really enjoy the aesthetics of this image and how the convection cells create an interesting lattice. Also so cool how they are able to capture such a complex phenomena in a very approachable image.
Third Prize: Space photography is incredibly interesting to me and this is a great find. I like the mix of science and art that you identified. It is crazy that we live in a day where we can see the surface of the sun!