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RAW VISION: small, hovering mass of twisted strands of plasma shift back and forth before erupting into space. (No sound)

Ever wanted to know what it's like to dance on the sun?

Instruments aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured stunning views of our nearest star late last month, as seen in this video of "prominence eruptions" blasting off the surface of the sun.

It's not a solar flare, according to NASA, but "material on the sun, doing what it always does, dancing and twisting and in this case erupting off the side of the sun," according to NASA spokeswoman Susan Hendrix.

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NASA captures huge explosion on surface of the sun