The Sun is a piece of digital artwork by Michael Tompsett which was uploaded on April 13th, 2011.
The Sun
Digital painting of the magnificently violent yet beautiful surface of the sun. Sitting at the the center of our solar system, the Sun's surface... more
Title
The Sun
Artist
Michael Tompsett
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Digital painting of the magnificently violent yet beautiful surface of the sun. Sitting at the the center of our solar system, the Sun's surface temperature reaches 5500 degrees celsius (9900 fahrenheit). The sun has a diameter of 1.4 million km (860,000 miles) making it over 100 times bigger than the Earth. The Eath orbits the giant star at a distance of over 150 million km away (93 million miles). The light from the Sun takes over 8 minutes to reach the earth. The Sun is 4.5 billion years old, but it will gradually grow hotter and larger until in about 5.5 billion years it will grow to 250 times its current size to become a red giant swallowing the earth. It will then form a planetary nebula before cooling and fading to become a white dwarf. Truly a wonder of the solar system and wonder of the universe
Uploaded
April 13th, 2011
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