u/ajamesmccarthy teamed up with a fellow redditor to try and capture the most ridiculously detailed image of the entire sun we could. The result was a whopping 140 megapixels, and features a solar “tornado” over 14 Earths tall. This is a crop from the full image, make sure you zoom in! (NOT OC) : woahdude

And on top of that they claim it's the most detailed image ever taken, a feat that outclasses NASA's work.

They never said that. In the title, they said that they wanted to take the most detailed picture they could capture, with equipment they had access to. Not the most detailed ever.

tripmastermonkey

93 points

2 months ago

tripmastermonkey

93 points

That zoom has some furry fury

johnnymetoo

12 points

2 months ago

johnnymetoo

12 points

Like a giant tennis ball

Moesuckra

61 points

2 months ago

Moesuckra

61 points

Man, I wonder if they had to wait until night to take this so that it wasn't too bright

46 points

2 months ago

46 points

Astronomers hate him for one simple trick

eaturliver

11 points

2 months ago

eaturliver

Stoner Philosopher

11 points

No genius. The sun doesn't exist at night.

7 points

2 months ago

7 points

No genius, the sun isn't real, it's a hologram created by nasa to push the globe earth conspiracy

-7 points

2 months ago

-7 points

https://i.imgur.com/Sk1JJ0v.jpg

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2 months ago

1 points

Everyone who downvoted you is a b*tch

2 points

2 months ago

2 points

Yeah, I don't get why though? I like the "going to the sun by night" joke. It seems like harmless fun?

3 points

2 months ago

3 points

Seriously re-edit can be so toxic

MrTonyGazzo

28 points

2 months ago

MrTonyGazzo

28 points

Looks itchy when you zoom in

Dialecticchik

2 points

2 months ago

Dialecticchik

2 points

For real. My scalp twinged

torhaze

1 points

2 months ago

torhaze

1 points

gagging for real

PancakeExprationDate

112 points

2 months ago

PancakeExprationDate

112 points

I wish there was a way for me to give multiple upvotes for this because you cited the OP and gave them all do praise. That's rare on reddit.

SymplyJay

6 points

2 months ago

SymplyJay

6 points

You can give two! Downvote then upvote post will give two upvotes. No idea why I know this.

PepinLeBref

2 points

2 months ago

PepinLeBref

2 points

…that’s the same as just upvoting once, since downvoting then upvoting takes away the downvote hence why it adds two. but if you hadn’t downvoted the result would be the same

sparkyhodgo

16 points

2 months ago

sparkyhodgo

16 points

A relevant TED Talk: https://www.tedxatlanta.com/talks/the-sun-and-rekindling-our-sense-of-wonder/

Gitzo-Gutface

7 points

2 months ago

Gitzo-Gutface

7 points

Any way to download the full image?

artificialgreeting

15 points

2 months ago

artificialgreeting

15 points

https://twitter.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1638648459002806272?s=20

This is what the OC shared:

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2 months ago

1 points

Commenting and upvoting to bump this up

bigfatbod

6 points

2 months ago

bigfatbod

6 points

I zoomed in. It looks so snuggly!

4 points

2 months ago

4 points

So comfy

atom138

5 points

2 months ago

atom138

5 points

I'd love a scientific explanation for the thing that looks like hellfire exiting a rip in the fabric of spacetime there on the right.

slid3r

14 points

2 months ago

14 points

1 points

2 months ago

atom138

1 points

Dat Birkeland Current doe.

HashClassic

110 points

2 months ago

HashClassic

110 points

"Fourteen earth's tall"

Americans will say anything to avoid learning metric.

20 points

2 months ago

20 points

Ok , 178,388 kilometers

13 points

2 months ago

13 points

Yeh but what's that in hamburgers?

12 points

2 months ago

12 points

1,564,807,017 using an average of 4.5" average hamburger diameter.

10 points

2 months ago

10 points

Finally, someone who is making some sense.

a7n7o7n7y7m7o7u7s

2 points

2 months ago

a7n7o7n7y7m7o7u7s

2 points

That’s all? Tbh I feel it should be way more

ErynEbnzr

3 points

2 months ago

ErynEbnzr

3 points

I think it's because a billion is a lot more than we think. The difference between one million and one billion is about one billion after all.

kemikiao

2 points

2 months ago

kemikiao

2 points

Wait... some asks for how many hamburgers tall and you based that off the hamburger diameter, i.e. the width? Who the hell is stacking hamburgers eon edge?

How tall is the average hamburger?!? Stop it with the lies!

3 points

2 months ago

3 points

You're right, only a crazy man would stack burgers on their sides. It's more like 1,950,874,890 Big Macs stacked on one another using their average height of 9.144 cm.

2 points

2 months ago

2 points

Show your work :)

Tirfing88

10 points

2 months ago

Tirfing88

10 points

I prefer the more accurate "football fields"

7 points

2 months ago

7 points

Soccer Football or American Football?

Blaspheming_Bobo

1 points

2 months ago

Blaspheming_Bobo

1 points

So much awesome here.

DerSpini

-1 points

2 months ago

DerSpini

-1 points

*football football or handegg football?

3 points

2 months ago

3 points

Handegg? Handegg football rugby or Handegg football football?

lukewwilson

3 points

2 months ago

lukewwilson

3 points

I prefer 110,845 freedom miles

kingomtdew

2 points

2 months ago

kingomtdew

2 points

178.388 megameters

iamtehryan

69 points

2 months ago

iamtehryan

69 points

It's probably more because saying that many earths will immediately make people realize just how huge it actually is. Saying the equivalent metric sizing would be so large of a number that it would be hard to comprehend and then lose its effectiveness, imo.

doctor_hoctor

29 points

2 months ago

doctor_hoctor

29 points

This makes good sense, but I'm 99.9% sure the person you replied to was joking

J3sush8sm3

4 points

2 months ago

J3sush8sm3

4 points

Being as big as the earth is still hard to comprehend

1 points

2 months ago

1 points

Honestly it's hard to comprehend anything with an imperceiveable size

Cthulhu_DarkLord

57 points

2 months ago

Cthulhu_DarkLord

57 points

There’s two types of countries. Those that use the metric system and those that have been to the moon

Vincetoxicum

16 points

2 months ago

Vincetoxicum

16 points

Didn’t know Liberia’s been to the moon

9 points

2 months ago

9 points

NASA uses metric.

cosmic_cow_ck

9 points

2 months ago

cosmic_cow_ck

9 points

NASA (and the aerospace industry as a whole) use both.

1 points

2 months ago

1 points

NASA doesn’t. They fully switched over in 2009 after having used metric for the majority of things since the ‘90s.

MrSkrifle

-5 points

2 months ago

-5 points†

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2 months ago

Inappropriate_Comma

2 points

594.6 Eifle Towers tall. That better bb?

JohnyMaybach

3 points

2 months ago

JohnyMaybach

3 points

„Haha - good one. Now pay for the gallon and then in 3miles to the left.“ leaving store within 12foot range.

TheRealStevo

1 points

2 months ago

TheRealStevo

1 points

I know generally how big the earth is. I don’t know how big a meter is because what even is a meter

Desperate-Strategy10

1 points

2 months ago

Desperate-Strategy10

1 points

About a yard, so roughly three feet

(I know you're joking, but I figure there's gotta be someone out there who didn't know lol)

shelovesthespurs

1 points

2 months ago

shelovesthespurs

1 points

Maybe they meant metric Earths

Bacontheblog

1 points

2 months ago

Bacontheblog

1 points

That’s about 100 billion cheeseburgers tall. Give or take. ( just guessing)

JHarbinger

1 points

2 months ago

JHarbinger

1 points

Yeah but how many washing machines tall is it?

TillWorking

0 points

2 months ago

TillWorking

0 points

It's actually 109 earth tall.. lookup Diameter of sun vs earth

Wright129129

3 points

2 months ago

Wright129129

3 points

How far away would you need to be to just spontaneously combust

2turntable

3 points

2 months ago

2turntable

3 points

Thanks for the new wallpaper!

2 points

2 months ago

2 points

“When you’re driving at night and you pass a truck with the LED headlights”

2 points

2 months ago

2 points

Looks like how I imagine hell to be

1 points

2 months ago

1 points

But an absolutely great photo.

Naturally_Tired

2 points

2 months ago

Naturally_Tired

2 points

It looks furry!!

marcdel_

2 points

2 months ago

marcdel_

2 points

that’s hot

UnluckyChain1417

2 points

2 months ago

UnluckyChain1417

2 points

The sun looks like a giant human egg cell waiting for some sperms to approach… life!!

toosinbeymen

2 points

2 months ago

toosinbeymen

2 points

It’s awesome. I particularly love the twisting tornado. Incredible.

birdiebegood

3 points

2 months ago

birdiebegood

3 points

Bless you extra for telling us to zoom in! May both sides of your pillow be the perfect temperature for your liking, may everything you eat turn gourmet in your mouth and may all your desires be met for the rest of your life.

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2 months ago

1 points

Awesome work!

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2 months ago

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2 months ago

1 points

u/Gitzo-Gutface check this for more

Wonderwoman_420

1 points

2 months ago

Wonderwoman_420

1 points

Maaaaaate!!! Epic.

mtnman09

1 points

2 months ago

mtnman09

1 points

Fire fur!

JuneMoon518

1 points

2 months ago

JuneMoon518

1 points

We are just ants 0.0

Han_Burgandy

1 points

2 months ago

Han_Burgandy

1 points

Well done 🌞

Escudo777

1 points

2 months ago

Escudo777

1 points

Looks hot and fluffy.

krumble

1 points

2 months ago

krumble

1 points

That sure is a lot of fire.

Atreigas

1 points

2 months ago

Atreigas

1 points

Why does the sun look fluffy.

glostshennanigans

1 points

2 months ago

glostshennanigans

1 points

After zooming in, I've determined the sun is, in fact, a big, fluffy orange cat.

Beorbin

1 points

2 months ago

Beorbin

1 points

Soft and cozy like a furry blanket.

See_EV3RYTHING

1 points

2 months ago

See_EV3RYTHING

1 points

I have this as my background it’s badass

Fenrisulfir

1 points

2 months ago

Fenrisulfir

1 points

So the Moon's made of cheese and the Sun's made of shag carpeting.

Message_10

1 points

2 months ago

Message_10

1 points

That’s hot

Colteck136

1 points

2 months ago

Colteck136

1 points

Sun Fuzzy

samedreamchina

1 points

2 months ago

samedreamchina

1 points

Never stare directly at the sun

AJfriedRICE

1 points

2 months ago

AJfriedRICE

1 points

Looks like a lil fuzz ball

Birunanza

1 points

2 months ago

Birunanza

1 points

The sun is...fuzzy???

OregonGreen242

1 points

2 months ago

OregonGreen242

1 points

That’s hot

OritionX

1 points

2 months ago

OritionX

1 points

Mesmerizing

RutherfordRevelation

1 points

2 months ago

RutherfordRevelation

1 points

Only 14?

turtleburgermagerd

1 points

2 months ago

turtleburgermagerd

1 points

Is there a way to get a high res of this

woodhorse4

1 points

2 months ago

woodhorse4

1 points

Tornado and a dragon!

Creative-Mulberry-91

1 points

2 months ago

Creative-Mulberry-91

1 points

Beautiful

xDERPYxCREEPERx

1 points

2 months ago

xDERPYxCREEPERx

1 points

I didn't know the sun and my cat had the same kind of fur

SuitoBean

1 points

2 months ago

SuitoBean

1 points

The sun looks like a forbidden soft blankie. It looks furry. This is incredible. Also - 14 EARTH’s TALL FIRE TORNADO?? Um ok. Wows.

raiders13rugger

1 points

2 months ago

raiders13rugger

1 points

Holy shit, this is real? What the fuck? The detail in this is INSANE

What the fuck?!?

TheShroomHermit

1 points

2 months ago

TheShroomHermit

1 points

Looks like a faux fur rave hat I used to have

Hopie73

1 points

2 months ago

Hopie73

1 points

Spectacular picture people. Your combined efforts have made a beautiful sun

PastorRabbi

1 points

2 months ago

PastorRabbi

1 points

I wanna touch it

Dragons_Malk

1 points

2 months ago

Dragons_Malk

1 points

First thing I thought of was it reminded me of an egg.

babelibou

1 points

2 months ago

babelibou

1 points

Do these weaker lines that spread throughout the picture follow the suns magnetic field?

TheRealDebaser

1 points

2 months ago

TheRealDebaser

1 points

I found the giant space squirrel

Calm_Bodybuilder_843

1 points

2 months ago

Calm_Bodybuilder_843

1 points

How come you can see stars behind the sun considering the sun is quite bright?

1 points

2 months ago

1 points

Mehh I’ve seen bigger smh

agt1662

1 points

2 months ago

agt1662

1 points

Absolutely insane, thank you.

Bubbahard

1 points

2 months ago

Bubbahard

1 points

This is actually a close up of a fuzzy meatball.

D0ggggggggggggggggg

1 points

2 months ago

D0ggggggggggggggggg

1 points

I still couldn’t stare at it

spencer159

1 points

2 months ago

spencer159

1 points

All that is actually fur, not fire. Tmyk

Rodknocking

1 points

2 months ago

Rodknocking

1 points

Please tell me there is a full resolution shot of the whole sun that we can set as a wallpaper. Absolutely Amazing shot!

suzanious

1 points

2 months ago

suzanious

1 points

Can you imagine doing a jigsaw puzzle of that image? Wow. This is amazing!

1 points

2 months ago

1 points

Genuinely what my anxiety and ptsd feel like. Ofc amazing praises to the creators of this image. I have a lot of science questions now. Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!

HitDog420

1 points

2 months ago

HitDog420

1 points