SOLAR ROTATION RATE WITH DEPTH IMAGE: This image shows differences in the speed of rotation of material in the Sun.

The false colours represent speed; red material is rotating the fastest, dark blue, the slowest. Red material at the Sun's equator is moving approximately three thousand miles per hour faster than the blue material at the poles. (Photo Credit: Stanford University)

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