The Sun up-close as never before. This image, taken at the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope (SST) on the island of La Palma, Spain, reveals that small-scale magnetic differences consist in many instances of surprisingly wide ribbons punctuated occasionally with discrete bright points. Such varied structure has not been previously seen.

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