The magnetic fields of the Sun are known to drive a myriad of phenomena from sunspots to solar flares.
Sunspots are among the most prominently visible surface magnetic features.
They are known to be produced by magnetic flux tubes that emerge through the surface. The study of the dynamics of sunspots has attracted a large number of investigators. However, we have yet to reach a complete understanding of their origin, formation, morphology and dynamics. To understand the morphology and dynamics of sunspots we studied the dynamics of their progenitors. Magnetic flux tubes have to traverse a highly turbulent convectively unstable region before they can produce the sunspots at the surface.