Sunspots are dark because
A) regions of the photosphere are obscured by material in the chromosphere.
B) shock waves move through the photosphere.
C) the Sun rotates differentially.
D) they are cooler regions than the photosphere.
E) they radiate their energy into space faster than the rest of the photosphere.
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