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“Ripples in a Pond”. The Sun's boiling surface curves away beneath us in this evocative shot that conveys the scale and violence of our star. The region of solar activity on the left could engulf the Earth several times over with room to spare. The Sun's outer layers behave as a fluid, as alluded to in the image's title, and are constantly twisted and warped by intense magnetic forces. Winner in the Our Solar System category. (Photo by Alexandra Hart, Great Britain/The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 Contest)
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