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New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
Compiled Aug 5
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What happened
Scientists captured images of the sun's surface in the finest detail yet
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The detail
The images were taken with the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Maui, Hawaii
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The detail
The images were originally taken to fine-tune and test the limits of the telescope
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The detail
Researchers observed strange feathery, rippling patterns on the sun's surface
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How it unfolded
originally: Scientists took images of the sun to fine-tune and test the telescope's limits · Wednesday: The findings were published in the journal Nature