emirates7 - UAE astronomers have captured stunning visuals of solar activity, including solar flames and sunspots, in a remarkable 10-second video compiled from footage taken at the Al-Khatim Astronomical Observatory in Abu Dhabi.

The footage, released by the Astronomy Centre on Monday, features solar prominences along the Sun’s edge, fine spicules encircling the limb, several dark filaments across its surface, and visible sunspots.

The time-lapse video was created by astronomer Mohammed Odeh, with support from team members Osama Ghannam, Anas Mohammed, and Khalfan Al-Nuaimi.

The images were recorded using a specialised Hydrogen-alpha solar telescope, which captures the chromosphere—the layer of the Sun just above the photosphere and typically invisible to the naked eye. This technology allows for detailed observation of solar phenomena such as prominences, spicules, filaments, and sunspots.

The final video is composed of thousands of high-resolution images taken over 80 minutes around noon on Sunday, May 11, and showcases dynamic solar activity, including the motion of prominences and occasional ejections along the Sun's rim.