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Credit & Copyright: Jo Hunter
Explanation:
Reddened rays of the setting Sun flooded the skies over
Cedar Creek Lake, southeast of Dallas, Texas, planet Earth on July 6th.
And while sunsets may be the
most watched celestial event,
this one even offered something
extra.
A sunspot so large it was visible to the naked eye is
captured in the serene sunset view, near the center of a solar disk
dimmed
and distorted by Earth's dense atomosphere.
Telescopic views revealed
the spot to be a complex of large
solar active regions composed of sunspots, some
larger than
planet Earth itself.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: sunspot - active region - sunset
Publications with words: sunspot - active region - sunset
See also:
- APOD: 2025 September 6 Á Sardinia Sunset
- APOD: 2025 June 15 Á Two Worlds One Sun
- APOD: 2024 May 15 Á AR 3664 at the Suns Edge
- APOD: 2024 May 13 Á AR 3664 on a Setting Sun
- APOD: 2024 May 11 Á AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group
- APOD: 2023 July 11 Á Sunspots on an Active Sun
- APOD: 2023 May 17 Á Sunspot with Light Bridge