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A group of sunspots, labeled as Active Region 1520 rotated into view over the left side of the sun on July 7, 2012. The large spot on the bottom left stretches more than 11 Earths, or 87,000 miles across. The full chain of spots is closer to 200,000 miles across. This image was captured by amateur astronomer Alan Friedman on July 10.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NASA Goddard Photo and Video at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/7556375618. It was reviewed on 17 August 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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