Amazing Photos of the Sun
K. Reardon / Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri / INAF / IBIS / DST / NSO
Jet Streams
Spicules, above, rise from the sun's interior to its chromosphere at a supersonic jet speed of more than 30,000 m.p.h. (48,000 km/h). At any given time, there are more than 60,000 spicules active on the sun. They have a life span of about 5 min.
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