Gorgeous, gorgeous

 Just down from space: Nasa’s paired solar imaging satellites (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory, or STEREO; what a bunch of wiseacres they are over there) have sent back the first 3-D images and movies of the Sun. Yum yum.

(Some of these might be better with the red/green glasses, but they work OK for me. Especially the videos — the depth / 3D effect is really impressive.)