The closest images of the sun ever taken reveal ‘campfire’ flares
New pictures are the first from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft
![small 'campfire' flare on the sun](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/071520_lg_SolarOrbiter_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C551&ssl=1)
The first ultraviolet images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft (one shown) are the closest yet taken of our star.
Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA and NASA, CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL