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Faculae

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fac·u·la  (fky-l)
n. pl. fac·u·lae (-l)
Any of various large bright spots or veined patches on the sun's photosphere, usually near sunspots.
[Latin, small torch, diminutive of fax, fac-, torch.]


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In the new images, the faculae look like towering walls.
Revealing the sun's complex topography. (Solar Terrain) by McDonagh, S. / Science News
During times when magnetic disturbances grow stranger, at the peak of the solar cycle, dark sunspots and bright regions called faculae show up on the sun's surface.
A star in the greenhouse; can the sun dampen the predicted global ... by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
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