http://www.brevardastro.org/albums/UniverseScale/photo3.html I put the whole set up. Creates a very good sense of scale throughout the set. Antares is massive compared to our yellow star.
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/images/Solar/Educate/features.jpg Though disappointingly not labeled as such, an image I believe to have been taken in Ultraviolet. Confirm this I can not.
http://www.astronomy-pictures.net/sun_and_earth.jpg The coronal mass ejection that could kill us all, with a photoshoped in Earth for scale.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/stereo3D_press.html series of photos in false color from all wavelengths from the STEREO satellite.
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2010/08/from_the_sun_to_your_sky_in_ju/239ed_2010-06-16-sun_coronal_mass_ejection.jpeg A visual representation of how our magnetic field keeps us from being easy-bake-ovened by Coronal mass ejections. Explanation here
http://memebase.com/2010/12/01/memes-very-demotivational-sun-i-am-disappoint/ A more humorous demonstration of scale between our sun and other stars. Not counted as one of my images as it's mainly here for a humorous reason than any spectacular. Particularity amusing for those Familiar with internet culture. Potentially disappointing for others.
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