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Several small sunspots appeared this week, giving NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory a chance to illustrate their sources Mar. 2, 2017. Magnetic forces are the dynamic drivers here in these regions of the sun.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spied the sun as it was hitting its lowest level of solar activity since 2011 Nov. 14-18, 2016 while gradually marching toward solar minimum.

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