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The Sun doesn’t have a solid surface like Earth and the other rocky planets and moons. The part of the Sun commonly called its surface is the photosphere. The word photosphere means "light sphere" – which is apt because this is the layer that emits the most visible light. It’s what we see from Earth with our eyes.

Although we call it the surface, the photosphere is actually the first layer of the solar atmosphere. It's about 250 miles thick, with temperatures reaching about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius). That's much cooler than the blazing core, but it's still hot enough to make carbon – like diamonds and graphitenot just melt, but boil. Most of the Sun's radiation escapes outward from the photosphere into space.

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[–] 121GiggleWhats 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That flare is probably bigger than the earth, so your only gonna get one petting. Make sure it's a good one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Boom! Roasted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It looks so soft and furry!

[–] SharkyAttack 10 points 1 year ago

TIL the sun look like a Lorax.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to use this as my wallpaper, when I download it's 543kb, 666x1024px. Is there a higher resolution one?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Made with the amazing FOSS AI image upscaler Upscayl

sun

but idk, Earth and Jupiter will always be the most photogenic stars, planets, whatever the category for all of those things is ...

[–] scottywh 2 points 1 year ago

Celestial bodies

[–] Kbellee 2 points 1 year ago

It looks fluffy