Posted: Release Date – 05:11 PM, Friday – October 28th 22
In ultraviolet light, these dark spots on the Sun are called coronal holes and are regions where the fast solar wind rushes into space,” NASA Sun wrote in the title of the post.
Hyderabad: As Halloween approaches, it looks like the sun is donning its own spooky costume, too, as NASA has captured a bizarre pattern of smiling faces of the sun after a partial solar eclipse.
The photo was taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft on October 26, Newsweek reported.
The odd smiley face is reportedly the result of coronal holes — regions of the sun’s atmosphere that are cooler and less dense than the surrounding plasma. The temperature difference has created darker spots on the sun’s surface that have recently formed a smiling face.
Say “Eggplant! 📸
The ‘smiling’ sun was captured today by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. In ultraviolet light, these dark spots on the Sun are called coronal holes, regions where the fast solar wind rushes into space. pic.twitter.com/hVRXaN7Z31
— NASA Sun, Space and Shout (@NASASun) October 26, 2022
“Say “Eggplant! Today, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the “smile” of the sun. In ultraviolet light, these dark spots on the Sun are called coronal holes and are regions where the fast solar wind rushes into space,” NASA Sun wrote in the title of the post.
The photo garnered around 11K likes and nearly 2.5K retweets, with many filling the comments section with memes and shocked reactions to the photo.
“Cool, but scary at the same time,” wrote one user. “The bright sun is dark and cute, who knows?” said another.
Check out some other reactions here:
Same energy https://t.co/Ts7iML1oSN pic.twitter.com/7DPmGipQhS
— David DJC (@Staiment) October 27, 2022
Over the years, children have drawn a smiley face on the sun.
Wisdom of children. We were right. https://t.co/appWbG11Cl
— Stephanie Nina Piscirilos (@zoehealth) October 27, 2022
One of the scariest smiles 😳 https://t.co/AOGEYeXIiO
— Space Queen (@electricfunk7) October 27, 2022
Meanwhile, the sun’s coronal holes can reportedly have a physical effect on Earth, interacting with and interfering with Earth’s magnetic field. However, no such phenomenon has been reported and no space weather warning has been issued.
