Seven images of the sun captured by NASA 

Here are seven stunning images of the sun captured by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 

1. Captured on June 20, 2013, this image shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the sun’s atmosphere. 

2. Captured by NASA, this is a view of the dark region seen on the face of the sun at the end of March 2013 is a coronal hole just above and to the right of the middle of the picture. 

3. The picture, taken on February 24, 2015, shows when the Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period. 

4. This composite image of the Sun includes high-energy X-ray data shown in blue; lower energy X-ray data shown in green; and ultraviolet lights depicted in red.

5. Captured on May 9, 2016, the picture shows when mercury passed directly between the Sun and Earth, making a transit of the Sun

6. The illustration shows a CME blasting off the Sun’s surface in the direction of Ea CME blast and subsequent impact at Earth. 

7. Captured on December 6, 2010, the picture shows a very long solar filament that had been snaking around the Sun erupted with a flourish.

Source: NASA