• Solar Ballet • A solar eruption gracefully rose up above the Sun, twisted and turned in a sinuous manner. Most of the plasma mass fell back into the Sun (Dec. 31, 2012). The four-hour event was taken in extreme ultraviolet light and is shown here at a high cadence of an image every 30 seconds. Magnetic forces were driving the flow of plasma, but without sufficient force to overcome the Sun's gravity. The overall level of solar activity remains lower than expected, since the Sun is presumably s