+ NASA Home + Ames Home + Sitemap + Staff Directory +Home HIGH END SYSTEMS + Pleiades + Columbia + Schirra NAS DIVISION IMAGES Solar Surface Magneto-Convection Vertical cut through a 48-megameter-wide simulation domain showing vertical velocity (red upward, blue downward) and streamlines near the solar surface (top of frame). Diverging upflows sweep downflows toward each other at the boundaries of the larger, deeper-lying upflows. Credit: NASA Science Mission Directorate, Principle Investigator, Robert Stein + Feedback + Site Help + NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer, and Accessibility Certification Editor: Jill Dunbar Webmaster: Ryan Spaulding NASA Official: Rupak Biswas + Contact NAS Last Updated: August 20, 2009