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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
Sunspot
A region of intense magnetic field on the Sun that causes a fall in temperature of about 2,000 K. The result is an apparently darkened area, though this darkening is only a comparative effect, and umbra of the sunspot still has a temperature in excess of 3,500 K.
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