Swirling, vortex-like patterns observed on the sun’s surface
Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun’s visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases reminiscent of the shapes depicted in the nocturnal sky in Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 painting “The Starry Night.”
The researchers made the observations of a portion of the sun’s photosphere, a relatively thin layer — about 100 km in depth compared to the overall solar diameter of roughly 1.4 million km — using the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Hawaii-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.
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