Our Sun can be made to appear similar to a blueberry, by imaging it in a specific color of extreme violet light called CaK that is emitted by the very slight abundance of ionized Calcium in the Sun’s atmosphere, and then false color-inverting the image. Image © Alan Friedman (Averted Imagination)
The sun is about to come up over the South Pacific Ocean in this beautiful scene photographed by one of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station between 4 and 5 a.m. local time, May 5, 2013. Image © NASA
Annular Eclipse in the morning of May 10. The shadow of the New Moon fell on planet Earth, crossing Queensland’s Cape York in northern Australia for the second time in six months. Image © Courtesy Cameron McCarty – MWV Observatory
A composite of 25 separate images spanning the period of April 16, 2012, to April 15, 2013. It reveals the zones on the Sun where active regions are most common during this part of the solar cycle. Have a look at the video… Image © NASA/SDO/AIA/S. Wiessinger
We find out that earth is not the center of the universe and from the 17th century that the Sun is not the center of our galaxy (Milky Way). Today we know that our galaxy is part of a growing universe with billions of galaxies, containing billions of Suns (Stars).
The images after the jump explain our place in the universe with a very easy way.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an M6.5 class flare at 3:16 am EDT on April 11, 2013. This image shows a combination of light in wavelengths of 131 and 171 Angstroms. Image © NASA/SDO
In this image taken from Space Station, the shadow line or terminator is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience as twilight. Image © ISS Expedition 2 Crew, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA
What would happen if the Sun disappeared? In the video you will find out how much we and all planets are dependent from the Sun and more! Check out the video… Image © NASA SDO
What is pictured above is actually just a common rainbow. It’s uncommon appearance is caused by the Sun being unusually high in the sky during the rainbow’s creation. A rainbow caused because opposite the Sun, it’s raining. Image © Bertrand Kulik
