Shots of the sun, taken from the backyard

Step aside, NASA. Move over, Hubble Space Telescope. A series of detailed photos of the sun making its rounds on the Web comes from an amateur photographer from his backyard in Buffalo, New York.

From the webcam, the photographer reviews the images frame by frame. "The high-quality frames are selected and then averaged to form the raw material for my photographs." (©Alan Friedman/avertedimagination.com)
From the webcam, the photographer reviews the images frame by frame. "The high-quality frames are selected and then averaged to form the raw material for my photographs." (©Alan Friedman/avertedimagination.com)