Here comes the sun

You may have heard the earth is being bombarded by solar plasma flares. Which created an incredible display of the Northern Lights. That's a time lapse video at the link. Wish I could have seen that in person.

Meanwhile, here's what it looks like on the surface of the that fiery ball in the sky that keeps us warm and cheery.

[original photo NASA]

Never fails to astound me that they figured out how to take photos like this in space, in my life time.