Thursday, April 13, 2017

The Book of Knowledge: The sun and its power

(Sunny, age 21)
    One thing I did not realize about the sun, though it is commonly called a "ball of fire," is that it
does occasionally have flames erupt from it. There is a photograph from 1919, and it captures "A flame bursting out of the sun for tens of thousands of miles." Of course, no ordinary camera can capture these moments. In this chapter there is also a picture of the sun taken with a spectioheliograph, which shows unusual bright patches on the sun itself. It amazes me that there is something far brighter than the sun itself. 

1 comment:

  1. Indeed, far brighter than the brightest of stars. In comparison the sun is but a insignificant shadow.

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