I'm sure 99% of people don't know what this is a magnified image of

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The image of the Sun's surface is so detailed that we can see the individual lines of plasma snaking across the photosphere.

But what's most special is that this image was taken not by a space telescope or a modern observatory - but by amateur photographer Alan Friedman, using a homemade rig in his backyard in Buffalo, New York! 

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