@luvche21 It's less exciting when you've been supporting the data distribution systems for it for the last 5 years. (so you spend a significant portion of your time cursing about SDO). Oh, and SOHO's about to hit 20 years old, but they have various gaps in their data from losing the spacecraft a couple of times.
This is an edited time lapse sequences of the sun’s atmosphere observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft between 2011 and 2015.
This montage features excerpts of 4K full-disk pictures in extreme ultraviolet channels, mainly using wavelengths of 30.4 nm (50,000 Kelvin) partially in combination with 17.1 nm (6.3×105 Kelvin), and offers a glance at spicules, solar flares, filaments and an overview of the sun’s atmosphere.
The footage was captured by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) maintained by the Joint Science Operations Center (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory in collaboration with Stanford University).
Scenes in order of appearance: 1. Long shots of solar activity | October 2013 2. Boiling solar prominence | February 2013 3. Close up active regions | October 2013 4. Launching filament | November 2011 5. Twisting prominence | September 2012 6. Close up solar activity | October 2014 7. Solar prominence | July 2013 8. Lunar transit | January 2014 9. Solar prominence dance | December 2012 10. Solar activity | October 2013 11. Plasma eruption | September 2012 12. Coronal rain | July 2012 13. Close up active regions | October 2013 14. Trebuchet eruption | February 2011 15. Solar prominence | October 2013 16. Venus transit | June 2012 17. Extreme solar eruption | June 2011 18. Filament eruption & ’canyon of fire’ | September 2013 19. Erupting solar filament | March 2015 20. Comet ’lovejoy’ passes sun | December 2011 21. Earth eclipse and dark prominence | September 2012
More information on the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission:
This is fantastic!
How legit is this? I don't think I've ever seen actual video of our sun, rather renderings and guesses of what happens.
@luvche21 I can vouch for it being the real Sun, I saw it doing that yesterday.
@luvche21 It's less exciting when you've been supporting the data distribution systems for it for the last 5 years. (so you spend a significant portion of your time cursing about SDO). Oh, and SOHO's about to hit 20 years old, but they have various gaps in their data from losing the spacecraft a couple of times.
I think I've seen that footage before? I've watched a lot of the Goddard sun videos. I could be wrong. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HFT7ATLQQx8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w-41gAPmUG0
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This is an edited time lapse sequences of the sun’s atmosphere observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft between 2011 and 2015.
This montage features excerpts of 4K full-disk pictures in extreme ultraviolet channels, mainly using wavelengths of 30.4 nm (50,000 Kelvin) partially in combination with 17.1 nm (6.3×105 Kelvin), and offers a glance at spicules, solar flares, filaments and an overview of the sun’s atmosphere.
The footage was captured by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) maintained by the Joint Science Operations Center (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory in collaboration with Stanford University).
Scenes in order of appearance:
1. Long shots of solar activity | October 2013
2. Boiling solar prominence | February 2013
3. Close up active regions | October 2013
4. Launching filament | November 2011
5. Twisting prominence | September 2012
6. Close up solar activity | October 2014
7. Solar prominence | July 2013
8. Lunar transit | January 2014
9. Solar prominence dance | December 2012
10. Solar activity | October 2013
11. Plasma eruption | September 2012
12. Coronal rain | July 2012
13. Close up active regions | October 2013
14. Trebuchet eruption | February 2011
15. Solar prominence | October 2013
16. Venus transit | June 2012
17. Extreme solar eruption | June 2011
18. Filament eruption & ’canyon of fire’ | September 2013
19. Erupting solar filament | March 2015
20. Comet ’lovejoy’ passes sun | December 2011
21. Earth eclipse and dark prominence | September 2012
More information on the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory
@Pavlov Wow, thanks for the awesome info. How have I never heard of this going on until now?
@carl669 - it's your fault this video exists. (preemptive goat strike)