In today's image, we see a sunspot on the surface of our Sun. this is a cooler region on the solar surface where the energy flow has been inhibited by the strong magnetic field around the sunspot. We also see a brighter bridge of material that has been raised up above the sunspot and granulation on the solar surface.

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