Andrew McCarthy has taken a picture of the Sun.
McCarthy, who calls himself a normal guy with a telescope, used 150,000 images of the Sun to create a 300dpi image he titled "Fire and Fusion."
The result is a glorious swirling mess of hot gases that looks like a ball of energy that gave life to everything around us billions of years ago.
The fact that it was taken from a backyard is more impressive than the fact that it had to travel 100 million miles to get there.
The fire starter is on.
McCarthy risked a lot to get his shots.
McCarthy told NPR that pointing a telescope at the Sun would be dangerous. It can lead to blindness and start a fire.
He said that he applied different filters to the telescope that allowed him to capture details on the sun that would be otherwise impossible.
McCarthy thinks it is important to highlight the wonder in ordinary life.
We take the beautiful things in our life for granted. We all see the sun.
We meet a man who takes pictures of the sun.
This photo of the sun is unlike anything you have seen before.
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