The DKIST telescope showed a giant sunspot the size of Switzerland

In Hawaii, on the top of the Haleakala volcano, the world’s most powerful solar telescope Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope is installed. It transmits incredibly detailed images, including a sunspot, the size of which is comparable to the territory of Switzerland.

Each pixel of the image covers only 10 km of the Sun’s surface. This allows you to see the smallest structures in its atmosphere.

The area of ​​the sunspot that was recorded is about 40 thousand square kilometers. Such zones arise due to powerful magnetic fields that block the release of plasma, provoking dangerous phenomena: coronal ejections, flares, geomagnetic storms.

Recall that NASA showed unique images of the Donald Johansson asteroid.

To be continued…