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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog Posted March 6, 2012 4:05 pm

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Large Sunspot Cluster Today, Eight Times the Diameter of the Earth

Large Sunspot Cluster Today, Eight Times the Diameter of the Earth

Look at the large sunspot cluster—it's Sunspot 1429, near the top of the photo. If you measure it, you can see that its length is about 8 times the diameter of the Earth!

Added March 8, 2012: This large sunspot is the one that has erupted into the solar flares that have been in the news the last couple of days. Click here for a photo taken two days later, on March 8, 2012.

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