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The simulation shows the interface between a sunspot\'s umbra (dark center) and penumbra (outer region) shows a complex structure with narrow, almost horizontal (lighter to white) filaments embedded in a background with more vertical (darker to black) magnetic field. Credit: UCAR/ Matthias Rempel, NCAR

The simulation shows the interface between a sunspot's umbra (dark center) and penumbra (outer region) shows a complex structure with narrow, almost horizontal (lighter to white) filaments embedded in a background with more vertical (darker to black) magnetic field. Credit: UCAR/ Matthias Rempel, NCAR

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