Circe Invidiosa by J. W. Waterhouse, 1892
(in the Art Gallery of South Australia)
One of the first images from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, launched in February on a five year mission to study Sun's magnetic field (false color image, blues and greens above 1 million kelvin in temperature).
Perseus and Andromeda, 1876, Edward Burne-Jones
(in the Art Gallery of South Australia)
Aurora borealis over Eyjafjallajokull volcano/glacier in Iceland....possibly even caused by the solar flares seen in sun picture above? Photo by Albert Jakobsson.