Captivating Time-Lapse Video Reveals the Sun's Fiery Solar Flares

Professional photographer Miguel Claro captured an impressive time-lapse sequence of the sun, showcasing eruptive prominences and minor solar flares in the solar chromosphere over a period of 3 hours. The footage, taken from Dark Sky Alqueva territory in Portugal, consists of 213 processed still shots, resulting in a 5K high-resolution time-lapse movie. Claro used specialized equipment and warns against looking directly at the sun without proper safety filters.