# Did I see sun spots?

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**Created:** [September 27, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-see-sun-spots/767033 "2016-09-27T14:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-see-sun-spots/767033/1 "2016-09-27T14:00:18Z")

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This happened maybe 10 years ago. (I could probably dig up the exact date if it’s important.) I was traveling with a co-worker in West Virginia. Around 10 a.m. we were driving (me in the passenger seat) in just enough clouds that the sun was not much more than a bright disc. With my polarized sunglasses I could look directly at the sun. It seemed to me that I could see sun spots. My co-worker was driving and other than noting that he too could look at the sun, he didn’t want to take his eyes off the road long enough to confirm the sun spots.

So are sun spots large enough to be visible with the naked eye? I looked several times and they didn’t appear to move so I don’t think it was floaters in my eyes or anything else.

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