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Convection Cells Exhibit Work, Photo Credit Photo Credit Benjamin Burress
 Photo Credit: Benjamin Burress
Convection Cells Exhibit Work, Photo Credit Benjamin Burress
 Photo Credit: Benjamin Burress

   

Planetary Connections
Solar Convection Granulation, Photo Credit Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope (SVST)
Photo Credit: SVST

Solar Granulation:  Convection Cells on the Sun's Surface

 

Convection Cells on Earth: Cumulus Clouds, Photo Credit NASA
Photo Credit: NASA

"Terrestrial Granulation":  Convection Cells (cumulus clouds) near Earth's Surface

 

 Cumulonimbus Thunder Cells in Brazil, Photo Credit NASA
Photo Credit: NASA

Thunderstorm Cells near Sao Paulo, Brazil