NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has snapped 1 photo every 12 seconds at multiple wavelengths since early 2010. Shown here, at 171 angstroms the year of Jan. 1, 2015, to Jan. 28, 2016. Then solar physicist Nicholeen Viall points out some mind-bending highlights.

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