The sun celebrated the start of May with some incredible fireworks.

NASA reports a coronal mass ejection (CME), which is basically a massive solar explosion, leapt from the edge of the sun on May 1.

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the CME on video. It looks like a big rolling wave.

Wednesday's CME is the latest in the sun's recent impressive displays. SDO captured the sun's strongest solar flare of 2013 on Thursday, April 11.

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This picture is made of images taken far away as well as close to the sun, which allows scientists to compare what happens at both locations. Here you see a coronal mass ejection moving away from the sun in the upper right corner. (Image: ESA/NASA)