Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun →

Obtaining such a detailed image is no easy feat. On 9 March 2025, at around 77 million km from the Sun, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft was oriented to point to different regions across the Sun in a 5 x 5 grid. At each pointing direction, the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument captured six images at high resolution and two wide-angle views.

The image you see here combines a whopping 200 individual images into the widest high-resolution view of the Sun yet.

This is stunning to look at, and wild to think capturing such a detailed image is even possible.