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After the Jupiter shot



proved to be rather popular, I thought I'd upload another photo of a celestial body. Now I admit, the sun isn't really that special. But when I looked at the photos while I took them, I noticed some spots on the sun's surface. At first, I dismissed them as dust on my sensor, but they were always in the same place, not moving as I moved the camera around. What you're seeing there then are sunspots!

Wiki: Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. They are caused by intense magnetic activity, which inhibits convection by an effect comparable to the eddy current brake, forming areas of reduced surface temperature.

Regular sunset shot:

Image size
1200x803px 410.69 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 1000D
Shutter Speed
1/1250 second
Aperture
F/14.0
Focal Length
500 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Nov 19, 2011, 4:25:57 PM
Sensor Size
6mm
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