NASA shares 7 stunning images of sun

This image shows a dark region on the Sun captured in March 2013. It highlights a coronal hole, which is a source of fast solar wind.

This image shows the Sun using X-rays and ultraviolet light captured by three NASA and Japan telescopes.

This image shows the Sun releasing a bright cloud of particles in 2015. The event didn’t affect Earth.

This image shows the Sun’s magnetic fields over a NASA photo from March 12, 2016. Bright spots mark strong magnetic areas, connected by many lines.

This image from June 20, 2013, shows a bright solar flare and a solar material eruption called a prominence eruption.

This June 20, 2013 image shows a bright solar flare and an eruption of solar material, followed by a coronal mass ejection into space.

This image shows a huge solar filament erupting on December 6, 2010, captured in ultraviolet light by the STEREO spacecraft.