Three Sunspots viewed from Earth

A photographer captures a scene in Portugal with clear sunspots.

Photographer Miguel Claro recorded images in the evenings near Noudar, Barranco, Portugal castle, Space on November 15 reported. Sunspots are colder, darker areas of the Sun's surface, the result of interactions with surrounding magnetic fields. They tend to appear in areas with strong magnetic activity.

Three clear sunspots look from the Earth.(Photo: Miguel Claro).

The picture was taken on September 7, Claro said."I stand about 2.1 km away from the castle and record this scene with a 600mm telephoto lens. You can see three big black traces AR2679, AR2674 and AR2673 on the Sun after the shadow of the man , " he added.

The black stain AR2673 is the largest equivalent to the most powerful X-level solar flare in more than a decade on September 6. A few hours later, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), observed a diurnal eruption (CME), the emancipation phenomenon. energy particles, appear where the Sun flares.

The solar wind from the flare reaches the Earth, causing a local storm from G4 level. X-rays and ultraviolet rays ionize the upper part of the Earth's atmosphere, obstructing shortwave radio in Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, according to the Space Weather Forecast Center.