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The morphology of solar granulations and dark networks

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Solar granules are classified into four groups according to their shapes and splitting by sharp rifts crossing them. The appearance and evolution of ‘white-light dark networks’ is described.

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  1. National Solar Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, 85726-6732, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

    J. Elon Graves & A. Keith Pierce

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Graves, J.E., Pierce, A.K. The morphology of solar granulations and dark networks. Sol Phys 106, 249–250 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158495

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