133 Days on the Sun | NASA

On the left side of the frame is the full circle of the Sun. It appears in a golden yellow color but is splotchy and with thin yellow wisps extending from the surface. Some areas are very bright and others are almost black. The whole Sun rotates steadily, with one full rotation taking 12 minutes in this time-lapse. There are usually only a few bright regions visible at a time and they shift and flash like small fires. From these regions, wispy loops reach up above the surface and rapidly change shape and size. On the right side of the frame are two white-outlined squares with enlargements of interesting regions of the Sun.