05-15-2010, 09:49 PM
Debaser, the green color of the image is a result of the lens used on the telescope camera to filter just the right wavelengths of light in order to visually capture the surface of the sun.
Our sun is definitely emitting green light! But, it's emitting all the other colors and wavelengths as well to bathe us in its brilliant white light.
Our sun is definitely emitting green light! But, it's emitting all the other colors and wavelengths as well to bathe us in its brilliant white light.