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Explanation: The surface of the Sun is shifting. By watchingsunspots, it has long been known that ourSun rotates. It was also known that the center of theSun rotates faster than the poles. Now, recent measurements by theSolar Oscillations Investigations group of theSOHO Observatory have found that the surface of the sun moves in other ways, too. Hot, electrically charged gas flows along and beneath the Sun's surface as depicted in theabove computer generated diagram. The speed of thesesolar rivers is false-color coded with redhydrogen moving faster than blue. Over the course of a yearplasma moves from the equator to the poles, while internal eddies circulate gas from deep inside theSun. One surprise is the similarity to the motion of air in theEarth's atmosphere - indicating that scientists might learn more aboutEarth's global weather by studying theSun.