The European Space Agency has released an extraordinary image obtained by its Solar Orbiter, a sophisticated spacecraft designed to observe the Sun from much closer than Earth.
The full-resolution version is worth clicking here if you want to really appreciate the beauty of the image. There is a tiny speck in the upper right corner. That is the entire Earth to scale.
The end result was stitched together from 25 separate shots, taken by the Solar Orbiter's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager instrument as it passed directly between the Earth and the Sun. The probe was halfway between the Earth and our star.
The resulting data could lead to a better understanding of eruptions on the surface of our star and how they relate to things happening deeper down into the solar atmosphere.
The image is a stunning reminder of the beauty, complexity and raw power of the star around which we all travel.
Unfortunate comet flies too close to the sun, disintegrates and becomes a ghost.
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