Sunny side up: Retired engineer Dave Tyler, 72, captures incredible solar images from an observatory he built in his backyard. The amateur snapper is able to capture a wide variety of phenomena from his own home near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, including sunspots, solar prominences, coronal loops and solar flares.
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A prominence rises on April 1.
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Prominences rage on the sun’s surface during its solar maximum on March 24.
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Ferocious activity on the surface of sun during its solar maximum on March 24
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Solar prominences on March 18
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A sun spot on March 10
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Solar maximum on March 6
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Solar maximum on March 2
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Solar prominences spit matter into the solar system on Feb. 27.
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Solar prominence on Feb. 18
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Solar activity on Feb. 9
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A sunspot captured during the sun’s solar maximum on Feb. 8
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A solar war rages on the sun’s surface during its solar maximum on Jan. 15.
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A plane flies across the backdrop of the sun on Jan. 17.
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A solar prominence on Jan. 11
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Solar prominences on Jan. 17
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Fire-starter: A huge solar prominence flares on Dec. 28, 2014.
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Prominences rage on Dec. 10, 2014.
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Forest fire: Solar prominences resemble a row of trees on December 25, 2014.
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The sun on Dec. 10, 2014
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Mellow yellow: Tyler snaps a sunspot on Sept. 10, 2014.
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A large sunspot is visible on Sept. 8, 2014.
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The sun on Sept. 2, 2014
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