NASA isn’t in the business of frightening people, unless you find yourself looking at Space.com’s “Spookiest Nebulas in Space” on a dark and stormy night.

On October 8 of this year, however, NASA released a spine-chilling image of the Sun [WARNING: If you don’t like scary jack-o’-lanterns, continue reading].

The series of photos were taken by the space agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which captures perfectly how the active regions of the Sun can combine to lend a little pre-Halloween fun to a space enthusiast’s night.

The image seen above is a combination of 171 and 193  ångström light, Goddard Media Studios says.

According to NASA, the active regions appear brighter because those are areas that emit more light and energy.  They are “markers of an intense and complex set of magnetic fields hovering in the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona.”

The Sun also appears spooky in several other colors. Check out the scary blue Sun and his friends in the photos below:

The Sun as photographed by the SDO on Oct. 8, 2014, in 335 ångström extreme ultraviolet light.

The Sun as photographed by the SDO on Oct. 8, 2014, in 193 ångström extreme ultraviolet light.

The Sun as photographed by the SDO on Oct. 8, 2014, in 171 ångström extreme ultraviolet light.

The Sun as photographed by the SDO on Oct. 8, 2014, in 304 ångström extreme ultraviolet light.