Solar Glare
Overview
Note
See this section’s top page for some background on the Sun.
Solar Glare is the default representation of the Sun. It is a diffuse image placed on the Sun that represents a bright star. It is the same image we use for other stars.
The Sun, represented by the Solar Glare, with the Earth in the foreground.
The glare is designed to emulate how we actually see stars given the limitation of our eyes. We do not see a “ball” in the sky (unless Earth’s cloud cover filter is just right), we see a bright, diffuse light.
This rendition allows us to see the Sun to great distances, and reminds us that the Sun is the biggest, brightest object in our tiny corner of the universe.
The Sun from outside the inner Solar System. The glare image is visible throughout the Solar System in OpenSpace.
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