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Originally Posted by Psi-less
Firstly, it was a gentle reminder that copyright extends to images as well as to the written word.
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I appreciate the reminder. I certainly wasn't trying to take credit for ANY of the photographic evidence I have presented.
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Secondly, I'm not sure what you mean by the ""cracks" we see below the glowing layer of the phenumbral filaments." I see light colored lines crossing the area of the large sunspot, but those *are* filaments.
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That is YOUR opinion of course, but then why do we see light from there, and not from the right and left of it? This "black body" explanation sure sounds rather flimsy based on the FLARES of the sides and the CRACK in the layer below (IMO).
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Where am I supposed to be looking?
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In the center, and along the right side. You can see a crack in the ferrite layer below, silicon that is clear between the neon layer and calcium ferrite layer. We can see the SIDES of the neon layer, and BLACK areas underneath the neon layer. It's the NEON layer that produces the "light" we see with our eyes, and it is a relatively THIN layer compared to the silicon.
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As for the "flared aspect", all I see is a normal umbra inside a light, filamentary penumbra. Again, what am I supposed to be seeing?
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The FLARE pattern in the top. Why is there an UMBRA at all, expecially along the SIDES of this sunspot?
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And no, this isn't meant to be snide, I'm honestly not seeing whatever it is you're looking at. If I can't see it, how can we discuss it?
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I'm not trying to be snide either. If you want a full explanation of that photo, read the sunquakes page of my website. The idea here is that the silicon is rising based on the heat from the crack in the surface below. ALong the right side you can see another jagged crack, and these two cracks create the unique pattern we see in the penumbral filament layer that is made of neon. The light comes from the neon. When it is pushed out of the way by the rising silicon, it cannot emit light in that area. Once things cool off, the neon layer closes back up, and we have light again.