The sun up close is actually so beautiful.

On April 21, 2011, at a Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) anniversary press conference, NASA revealed the images it had captured. Over the past year, SDO has captured every detail of solar activity. The mission has returned unprecedented, stunning images, including solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and the early stages of prominence eruptions. In this video, we will see the most beautiful, amazing, and fascinating sun.