Stormy Star << Back to Feature Page View exclusive multimedia files in RealPlayer or Windows Media formats. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> RealPlayer   Windows Media Sounds of the Sun Audio by Alexander Kosovichev, Stanford University Bubbles the size of Texas cover the face of the sun. Called granules, these giant convection cells of plasma carry heat to the surface, the same way water boils in a pot. The rise and fall of granules creates sound waves, which cause the sun to throb like a drum.

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