The clearest photo of the sun ever taken: exactly 83 million pixels

Sent into space by the European Space Agency (ESA) nearly two years ago to track and track the Sun, the Solar Orbiter is the closest and clearest ever taken. Sun shared the photo. The image taken with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI), one of the tools owned by Solar Orbiter, is exactly 83 million pixels in size.

Combination of 25 different images

According to the shared information, the spacecraft, which was 46 million miles (72 million kilometers) from the Earth and the Sun on March 7, had an opportunity to take the photo. Saying that the Soler Orbiter needed to capture 25 different images for full-size shooting due to its proximity to the sun, ESA reported that it took four hours to create all parts of the photo.

However, the spacecraft, which is scheduled to approach 30 million miles (48.3 million km) from the Sun on Saturday, March 26, will further reduce this distance in future close passes. Users who want to examine the photo in full detail can access the image shared on ESA’s own official website here.