These were posted by the National Science Foundations and started trending online. The Inouye Solar Telescope is used. The images are of plasma cells. They’re said to be the size of Texas.
See the Sun like never before! @NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope produces first detailed images of the sun’s surface. https://t.co/c3SPB6gg8w #SolarVision2020
?: @NatSolarObs/ @AURADC/ NSF pic.twitter.com/1GP2rwkVG0
— U.S. National Science Foundation (@NSF) January 29, 2020
The NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope provides unprecedented close-ups of the sun’s surface, but ultimately it will measure the sun’s corona – no total solar eclipse required. ?
More: https://t.co/UsOrXJHaY1 #SolarVision2020 pic.twitter.com/DO0vf9ZzKC
— U.S. National Science Foundation (@NSF) January 29, 2020