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'Terminators' on the sun trigger plasma tsunamis, start of new solar cycles

visualization of a computer model simulation showing a solar tsunami

A solar "tsunami" travels toward the poles. Magnetic fields lifted to the surface erupt as sunspots.

Credit: ©UCAR Visualization: Mausumi Dikpati, NCAR


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