I don't know why the anti-ID folks are so afraid of something new. Science is always learning something new.
The Surface Of The Sun, The Photosphere And Solar Flares
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For forty-five years, I believed that the sun was a giant ball of gas as I was taught in school. Like everyone else, I was introduced to Galileo's observations of moving sunspots which laid the foundation of the gas model theory of the sun that NASA still promotes to this day. That model of the sun that I was taught in school was the framework I had always tried to work with. During all that time I simply could not fully explain the cause of the tumultuous eruptions from the photosphere that I was seeing as I studied these satellite images. The reason for that confusion turns out to be very simple. The sun is NOT simply a giant ball of gas. It has a solid surface beneath the visible photosphere.
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The reason for that confusion turns out to be very simple. The sun is NOT simply a giant ball of gas. It has a solid surface beneath the visible photosphere.
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Recent findings from the field of heliosiesmology demonstrate the existence of a double sided stratified layer, that is located just under the photosphere.
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http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com/