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Stunning images of sunspots caught by largest solar (telescope) 6/26/14

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    PUBLISHED ON JUNE 26, 2014

    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM

    The Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California, site of the largest solar telescope

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    PUBLISHED ON JUNE 26, 2014

    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM

    The Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California, site of the largest solar telescope on the planet, has issued a mesmerizing video and photos in previously unseen detail of surprisingly active plasma in the sun's fine structures.



    BBSO's New Solar Telescope (NST) possesses an unprecedented level of high resolution and enables the sharpest-ever photos of the visible corona of our star.



    One of the sunspots captured by the NST is the size of the Earth, but such structures can be the size of Jupiter

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