03:58 NASA collected images of the sun over three years and stitched them together into a visually stunning time lapse of the sun’s sizzling, bubbling, exploding glory. The video brings to life two images snapped of the sun per day, during a period when the sun moved toward its “solar maximum,” the peak of solar activity in its regular 11-year cycle.

01:08 This video gives an incredible overview of the entire eclipse from start to finish, showing the sun in ways you’ve never seen. Cory Poole, an amateur astrophotographer, watched the event from Redding, CA – which was directly in the path of the moon’s shadow – allowing him to capture the full extent of the “ring of fire” by stitching together 700 still images. During this annular eclipse, the moon was slightly too far from the Earth to completely block out the sun, leaving a bright red ring.

03:22 You’ve never seen light quite like this. The sun barely goes below the horizon before coming up again. This breathtaking time lapse film captures the rare beauty that nature and perfect timing bring together. It was shot over 12 days during the period just before the ‘midnight sun’ in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago.