by Rod Pommier
Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA.
Date & Time: 2012-07-07 20:50 UT.
Equipment: Full solar disk image. Celestron Compustar C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f/40. Baader Planetarium solar filter. Point Grey Research Flea3 Color Camera. Best 300 frames. The images were colorized.
Sunspot group AR 1520 as it is coming around the Sun's eastern limb into view. Radial striations in penumbrae can be seen around the umbrae of some sunspots. Faculae can be seen in the region.