NASA shares creepy Halloween photo of the sun glowing with a jack-o'-lantern face
Daily MailA spooky photo appearing to show the sun glowing with a Halloween pumpkin face has been shared by NASA ahead of All Hallows' Eve on October 31. The haunting illuminated 'face' smouldered on the sun's surface in 2014 when activity reached 'solar maximum', meaning more sun spots occurred. The haunting illuminated 'face' glowed on the sun's surface in 2014 when activity reached 'solar maximum' meaning more sun spots occurred NASA posted the image along with the caption: 'Even our star celebrates the spooky season — in 2014, active regions on the Sun created this jack-o'-lantern face, as seen in ultraviolet light by our Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite.' During this point, the Sun's otherwise violent surface takes on a calmer and almost idyllic appearance The sun entered a solar minimum between 1650 and 1710, causing the Earth to be plunged into a 'deep freeze', said NASA. NASA said: '1650 to 1710, temperatures across much of the Northern Hemisphere plunged when the sun entered a quiet phase now called the Maunder Minimum.
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