A Day In The Sun: 11th July 24 Hours of Solar Activity in 80 Seconds | NASA SDO

Twenty-four hours of the Sun compressed into 80 seconds — captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light (AIA 304Å), revealing the Sun's chromosphere glowing at around 50,000 degrees. In this timelapse from 11 July 2026: 🔆 Active Region 4482 — days ago the most dangerous sunspot group on the Sun, now quietly decaying near disc centre as its magnetic complexity unravels 🌑 Dark filament channels snaking across the northern hemisphere — enormous rivers of cooler plasma suspended by magnetic fields, hundreds of thousands of kilometres long. Just two nights earlier, a filament in this same region violently erupted into space. 🔥 Prominences dancing on the eastern limb — arcs of solar material rising and falling above the Sun's edge ⚡ Active Region 4485 waking up in the west — watch it brighten through the day as it flares and launches a coronal mass ejection (which thankfully missed Earth) All of this happened in one ordinary day on our star, 93 million miles away. ▶ New solar timelapses and space videos every week — subscribe so you don't miss the next big eruption. 📷 Imagery: NASA/SDO and the AIA science team (courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams) #Sun #NASA #SolarActivity #SpaceWeather #Timelapse