Solar Orbiter Captures the Sun’s Fluffy Corona in Stunning Detail

Stunning close-up views of the Sun reveal its dynamic magnetic structures and extreme temperatures, captured by ESA’s Solar Orbiter in collaboration with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe.

This otherworldly, ever-changing landscape (see video below) is what the Sun looks like up close. the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter filmed the transition from the Sun’s lower atmosphere to the much hotter outer corona. The hair-like structures are made of charged gas (plasma), following magnetic field lines emerging from the Sun’s interior.