Solar Activity by Adam Bryant

Solar Activity by Adam Bryant https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity Explore the layers of the sun en-us 2017-05-12 14:08:03 UTC 2026-02-24 17:51:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png Big Ball of Hot Plasma and Nuclear Fusion that Holds Our Solar System Together abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171496308 The one and only!]]> 2017-05-12 14:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171496308 The Sun, Onion Form. abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171497942 No, the Sun is not a vegetable. Do not attempt to eat it.]]> 2017-05-12 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171497942 The Belly of the Beast abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171498977 The core is the innermost layer of the Sun. This area of the Sun is incredibly dense (10 times the density of gold) and hot (27 million degrees Fahrenheit), and it is where nuclear fusion occurs.
it is about 0.2-0.25 of the solar radius.]]> 2017-05-12 14:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171498977 The Middleman abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171500753 The sun's radiative zone is where radiation from the core travels out to the outer convective zone. It forms about 70% of the Sun's radius. It can take photons thousands of years to leave this zone, since it is of varying densities and there are so many other photons all bouncing around. ]]> 2017-05-12 14:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171500753 The Turbulent Territory abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171502480 This area of the sun is very tumultuous. Plasma is heated by the sun's inner regions and rises to the surface, where it cools and sinks back to the bottom of the convection zone. Since the sun is rotating, this convection happens in a swirling fashion. Unlike the Earth, or other solid bodies, the sun's equator rotates faster than its poles. The spinning also produces magnetic fields.]]> 2017-05-12 14:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171502480 The Photogenic Layer abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171504370 The Sun's photosphere is the visible "surface" of the sun. It contains sunspots, and it is only about 100 km thick. Light and heat radiate from this layer. Relatively cool and dark areas called "sunspots" can be found on this layer.]]> 2017-05-12 14:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171504370 It's Not Made Out of Chrome abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171506233 The Sun's chromosphere is an irregularly shaped layer of the sun. It is about 20,000 degrees Celsius. When it is viewed with the proper spectrograph or filter, a lot of hidden features can be seen, such as bright spots around sunspots, or prominences. It is the site of a lot of activity, such as prominences and filament eruptions.

]]> 2017-05-12 14:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171506233 The Wispy Outer "\Layer" abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171507973 The sun's corona is the outermost layer of its atmosphere. It is almost always invisible to observers on Earth until a total solar eclipse. It is the source of solar winds.]]> 2017-05-12 15:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171507973 Solar Acne abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171509428 Sunspots are cooler areas of the sun's photosphere. The photosphere usually has a temperature of about 5,800 Kelvin, while sunspots are only 3,800 K. They occur over regions of intense magnetic activity.]]> 2017-05-12 15:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171509428 Sun-splosions abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171510473 Solar prominences are massive and bright solar features that extend from the sun's surface. They may last for a day or more. They are made of plasma.]]> 2017-05-12 15:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171510473 This is Why We Have a Magnetic Field abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171511896 Solar flares are powerful radiation blasts. They can't directly kill a human or other living creatures, but they can wreak havoc on electrical instruments and our satellites.]]> 2017-05-12 15:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171511896 Natural Light Show abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171512823 This beautiful natural phenomenon occurs when electrons collide with the upper parts of the Earth's atmosphere. These electrons collide with gasses long enough to energize the for short amount of time, causing them to light up. ]]> 2017-05-12 15:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171512823 SOURCES abryant3662 https://padlet.com/abryant3662/solaractivity/wish/171513415

Research

https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/interior.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_core

http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/Solar_interior/Sun_layers/radiative_zone.html

https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a11354.html

https://www.cora.nwra.com/~werne/eos/text/convection_zone.html

https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/surface.shtml

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Spotlight/SunInfo/Photosph.html

https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/chromos.shtml

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sun-corona/en/

http://www.space.com/14736-sunspots-sun-spots-explained.html

https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-is-a-solar-prominence