These 3 sunspots were captured on 6th March 2026. Their inner cores are all pulsating with ripples spreading out from the centres. This phenomenon is called umbral flashes. This was the featured image on Spaceweather.com on March 13th 2026.

The first movie is of sunspot 4378 and was featured on spaceweather.com because it illustrated umbral flashes.
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This is a picture of sunspot 4374 converted to a 3D object by showing dark areas lower than bright areas. Sunspots are lower than the solar surface as described by the Wilson effect.
Click here to open the 3D viewer and then drag the mouse to spin it around and spin mouse wheel to zoom. Looks best in full screen mode.
This was the featured image on Spaceweather.com on 21.2.2026. Click here to read their technical description of what you are seeing.








