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   ocr: THE ENERGY FORMAIION Prominence Convctive 20ne The energy of the Sun is Kadiative created inside its enormous one heat and pressure, in a fu- sion reaction (i.e. in great Core heat and pressure four hy- drogen atoms are com- bined into one helium Sunspots atom, and thus a large Flare amount of energy is re- Photesphere Corona leased). This energy is transported by radiation in Coronal hole thremesphese the inner 70% and by con- The parts of the Sun. vection in the outer 30% of the Sun. On the surface the convection can be seen as granula- tion, which resembles bubbles. Moving currents and the ...