Sunspots mirage
Taken by Mila Zinkova on July 11, 2024 @
san francisco, California, USA
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In the beginning of the video there is an image of the Sun taken by SOHO. It shows quite a few sunspots, some of which I was able to film during last night's sunset. However, some of those sunspots look quite different from the SOHO's image. Not only do they look different, they keep changing their appearance. For example, one sunspot becomes two or even three sunspots, and then stretches into a vertical line before becoming a spot once again. So what is going on with those sunspots, and why was I able to see what SOHO was not? It is because at the horizon one could observe mirages in the objects (both terrestrial and astronomical) and a mirage is a playful phenomena that likes to change the appearance of the objects at the horizon. In a video https://youtu.be/sDZbJ8DRG6Q?si=hmeavw79dIeXgv99 , whish is shown in a slow motion you could see the amazing sunspot transformation.
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