The most amazing object in the Solar System shines down on us every day and we scarcely pay it any attention. So for the first half of 2021, while we've continued to deal with Covid, impeachment and the world waking up to NFTs, this is what's been happening on the Sun.

This video was compiled from 2,000 images from the NSO NISP program, and covers the period from Jan 1st to Jun 30th with 12 images/day taken at 2 hour intervals from one of 7 solar telescopes in different parts of the world.