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SPOT IT

Okay, how beautiful IS this?

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It’s a visible-light image of the sun—specifically, a sunspot. This and the other images found here (which is also the source for the image above) were captured by the New Solar Telescope. The New Jersey Institute of Technology built the NST to specifically study the activity of the sun.

YAY!

Check out the other pics on the site!

(Sorry my blogs are so short; I’m already busy.)