PIX4627123: Le Soleil vu by STEREO 29/09/2008 - Solar activity seen by STEREO spacecraft on september 29 2008 - Protuberances observed by one of the STEREO satellites on September 29, 2008. The STEREO spacecraft observed this visually stunning prominence eruption on Sept. 29, 2008, in the 304 angstrom wavelength of extreme UV light. Prominences are relatively cool clouds of gas suspended above the sun and controlled by magnetic forces. The prominence rose and cascaded to the right over several hours, appearing something like a flag unfurling, as it broke apart and headed into space. The prominence is composed of ionized Helium that is about 60,000 degrees Kelvin / Bridgeman Images
PIX4627139: Le Soleil vu by SDO on March 30, 2010 - The Sun seen by SDO. March 30, 2010 - The Sun seen in ultraviolet by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) on March 30, 2010. In red, the coldest regions, in blue and green, the warmer regions. SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) First Light Image. A full - disk multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet image of the sun taken by SDO on March 30, 2010. False colors trace different gas temperatures. Reds are relatively cool (about 60,000 Kelvin, or 107,540 F); blues and greens are hotter (greater than 1 million Kelvin, or 1,799,540 F) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4627202: Le Soleil vu par SDO le 2 mars 2012 - The Sun seen by SDO - March 2012 - Solar eruption seen in ultraviolet by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) on 2 mars 2012. On March 2, 2012, a giant eruption of solar material exploded up off the surface of the right side of the sun, as captured in this image from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Known as a prominence eruption, most of the material usually falls right back down on to the sun / Bridgeman Images
PIX4635211: Venus: impact crateres in Lavinia Planitia seen by the Magellan probe - The Howe crater (at the bottom center of the picture) is 37 km in diameter. The Danilova crater (above, on the left) is 47 km in diameter; to its right is the Aglaonice crater, which measures 62 km in diameter. These crateres are located north of Lavinia Planitia / Bridgeman Images
PIX4635695: South Hemisphere - This is a long exposure (about an hour) made with an ordinary camera and colour film. It shows a crowded and dusty stretch of the southern Milky Way. The Galactic plane runs roughly NE to SW across the middle of the picture, which is about 40 degrees across. At the centre-left lies the direction of the nucleus of our Galaxy, unseen behind dense clouds of dust: The Lactee Way in the Scorpion - Southern Milky Way / Bridgeman Images
PIX4627876: Total solar eclipse in Libya 03/2006 - Total solar eclipse in Libya - Total solar eclipse seen on 29/03/2006 in Libya. Composite of 60 images. Very high resolution image of the solar crown. Total solar eclipse observed in Libya on March 29, 2006. Processing Composition of 60 images / Bridgeman Images
PIX4629046: Sunset and turbulence - Sunset with strong turbulence - Sunset on the Eckmuehl Lighthouse (Penmarc'h, Finistere) photograph on March 18, 2005. March 20, 2005 was the day of the Spring equinox, when the Sun sets exactly to the west. Sunset on the lighthouse of Eckmuehl (Penmarc'h, Finistere) on March 18, 2005. On March 20, 2005 was the spring equinox, moment where the sun is setting exactly towards the west / Bridgeman Images
PIX4629107: Sunset and blue and green rays - Sunset - Green and blue flashes - Green and blue rays obtained during sunset on April 7, 2006, Tronoen (Finistere). In the insert, each installation is separated by 1/3 of a second from the previous one. Green and blue flashes during a sunset. In the inset, sequence of images taken each 1/3 of second. April 7, 2006 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4629153: Sunset and Green Ray - Distorted Green Flash Sunset over Italy - Green ray obtained during a sunset with the Church of San Pietro in the foreground. Image obtained in February 2015 from Porto Venere in Italy. Green flash during a sunset. This image was taken in February 2015 from Porto Venere, Italy, with San Pietro church situated in the foreground / Bridgeman Images