The boiling Sun:

So when we look back over the centuries we see that doctrines of the interpretation of nature, which were held as sound and good for their time, fell from honor when faced with the light of some new scientific theory.

 

Back to Evidence for a Liquid Photosphere

The sun clearly boils.  Indeed, it is commonplace to refer to the sun as a "boiling gas".  Gases however cannot boil.  They are the result of such action.  The act of boiling is a property of the liquid state.

Courtesy of SOHO/[instrument] consortium.  SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

Published Electronically on December 18th, 2003.