The three dimensional view of the sun. The first 3D images of the sun have been captured by NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellites which enable scientists to see structures in the sun's atmosphere in three dimensions.

The series of solar images by NASA show a mosaic of the extreme ultraviolet images from STEREO's SECCHI/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope taken March 17-27, 2007 and their 3-D counterpart. These false color images show the sun's atmospheres at a range of different temperatures. Blue image: 1 million degrees C (171 Å), green, 1.5 million C (195 Å), red 60,000-80,000 (304 Å), and yellow image2.5 million C (286 Å). Each temperature allows scientists to focus on different features of the sun.