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Date: 2021 April 20
Huge magnetic structures in the solar interior may dictate large-scale patterns in the corona, despite the apparently tiny scales of magnetic flux emergence. This cartoon envisions a "giant cell" convection pattern in the interior as the vast omega loop pushes through the tachocline (upper panel, black horizontal line) and neighboring convective cells impart the necessary twist.