This
picture of the sun was taken using the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope aboard NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
spacecraft. The bright spots you see on the sun are active regions,
likely sites for solar flares. In visible light images of the
sun, active regions appear as dark spots, called sunspots.
This
dancer, one of the Tewa Dancers from the North, is wearing a Zuni
sun symbol on his back. The symbol is worn as a sign of respect
for the sun. Look closely and you can see it is a face, incorporating
symbols of the earth (in red and yellow), the sky (light blue),
and rain (black bars at the bottom of the face).
This
picture of the sun was taken using the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope aboard NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
spacecraft. The bright spots you see on the sun are active regions,
likely sites for solar flares. In visible light images of the
sun, active regions appear as dark spots, called sunspots.
This
dancer, one of the Tewa Dancers from the North, is wearing a Zuni
sun symbol on his back. The symbol is worn as a sign of respect
for the sun. Look closely and you can see it is a face, incorporating
symbols of the earth (in red and yellow), the sky (light blue),
and rain (black bars at the bottom of the face).