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Home! Earth, the 3d planet from the Sun, formed 4.5 bya and weighs 6.58 billion trillion tons. Earth is not a perfect sphere, but an oblate spheroi...

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The 4.6-billion year old fiery colossus is a near-perfect sphere of plasma that could fit a million Earths. For once, it's safe to stare. Imaging technology enables us to see many aspects of the Sun. This video contains the latest technology giving the highest resolution images of the star's surface. Soundtrack by

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Danielle Parsons executive producer
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Sean Nesler director
Sean Nesler animator
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