Life on Earth can be expensive, but it includes a free trip around the Sun every year.

 

UPPER PHOTOSPHERE   (false color & monochrome)
WHITE LIGHT

 

 

NEVER try to observe the Sun through any optical instrument that has not been properly equipped with a special device for SAFE solar viewing. NEVER look at the Sun with the naked eye unless you look through a solar filter that is proven and specifically designed for such purposes. Even the briefest exposure to unfiltered sunlight can damage your sight permanently. In this activity it is sufficient that a single incident happens to bear irreparable damage to our sight: therefore, we must be cautious and never take anything for granted.

To the moon

Bright wanderer, fair coquette of heaven,
To whom alone it has been given
To change and be adored for ever,
Envy not this dim world, for never
But once within its shadow grew
One fair as... (Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fragments)