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Roger, I don't think this belongs on the beautiful animals thread. I don't think it's a part of an animal. I think it's an astronimical something. A sun spot? Botanical? Part of a flower?
Roger, I don't think this belongs on the beautiful animals thread.
That is what came to mind as soon as I read the suggestion to post it there. Especially since it had already been established that it was a sun spot.
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Eorl
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Tue 31 Aug, 2010 05:55 am
oh yeah ... hehe ... umm .... look over there ! <runs>
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tsarstepan
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Tue 31 Aug, 2010 08:56 pm
@Roberta,
Yep. Sunspots Roberta.
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Sunspot: A temporary concentration in the magnetic field on the sun, where convection of hot matter from the sun's interior is inhibited, resulting in a cooler, darker area on the photosphere of the sun. The average sunspot is about the same diameter as the earth.
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