These images show two Jupiter-sized sunspot groups on the face of the Sun (left) and an extreme close-up of a different, smaller sunspot group (right). The lefthand image was taken on Oct. 24, 2003 by the SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. The righthand image was taken on July 15, 2002 by the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on the island of La Palma off the western coast of Africa. The central dark part of the large sunspot in the middle of the righthand image is about 14,000 km (8,700 miles) across... slightly larger than Earth!
Images courtesy SOHO (NASA & ESA) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

These are two pictures of different sunspots. The picture on the left shows the whole Sun with some large sunspot groups on it. The sunspot groups in that picture are as big as the giant planet Jupiter. The picture on the right is a closeup of some other sunspots. The larger sunspot on the right (top) is bigger than Earth!
Images courtesy SOHO (NASA & ESA) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

These are pictures of sunspots. The picture on the left shows the whole Sun. There are two groups of sunspots on the Sun. The picture on the right is a close-up look at a sunspot.
Images courtesy SOHO (NASA & ESA) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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