133 Days On the Sun

Embark on an incredible visual journey with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) as it captures the Sun's activity from August 12 to December 22, 2022. This time-lapse video showcases the Sun's 4-month journey, revealing its outermost layer, the corona, in extreme-ultraviolet light. SDO's advanced instruments record images every 0.75 seconds, highlighting bright active regions and magnetic loops that hold superheated plasma. Occasionally, Earth or the Moon cause brief interruptions, and technical issues lead to some blackouts in the video. Through this mesmerizing footage, explore the Sun's dynamic behavior and its impact on our solar system, while anticipating more insights from ongoing NASA missions.