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  • Re: Sunspot

    A sunspot is made of plasma tied to tangled magnetic fields. These magnetic fields have energy but less mass density than the surrounding solar material so they are buoyant - they "float". Think about an ice cube in a pan of water... it floats to the top! The bigger the ice cube, the longer...
    Posted to Sunspots (Forum) by Pat Reiff on 04-12-2010
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