Premium Only Content

133 Days on the Sun
chronicles solar activity from Aug. 12 to Dec. 22, 2022, as captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). From its orbit in space around Earth, SDO has steadily imaged the Sun in 4K x 4K resolution for nearly 13 years. This information has enabled countless new discoveries about the workings of our closest star and how it influences the solar system. With a triad of instruments, SDO captures an image of the Sun every 0.75 seconds. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument alone captures images every 12 seconds at 10 different wavelengths of light. This 133-day time lapse showcases photos taken at a wavelength of 17.1 nanometers, which is an extreme-ultraviolet wavelength that shows the Sun’s outermost atmospheric layer: the corona. Compiling images taken 108 seconds apart, the movie condenses 133 days, or about four months, of solar observations into 59 minutes. The video shows bright active regions passing across the face of the Sun as it rotates. The Sun rotates approximately once every 27 days. The loops extending above the bright regions are magnetic fields that have trapped hot, glowing plasma. These bright regions are also the source of solar flares, which appear as bright flashes as magnetic fields snap together in a process called magnetic reconnection. While SDO has kept an unblinking eye pointed toward the Sun, there have been a few moments it missed. Some of the dark frames in the video are caused by Earth or the Moon eclipsing SDO as they pass between the spacecraft and the Sun. Other blackouts are caused by instrumentation being down or data errors. SDO transmits 1.4 terabytes of data to the ground every day. The images where the Sun is off-center were observed when SDO was calibrating its instruments. SDO and other NASA missions will continue to watch our Sun in the years to come, providing further insights about our place in space and information to keep our astronauts and assets safe. The music is a continuous mix from Lars Leonhard’s “Geometric Shapes” album, courtesy of the artist. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scott Wiessinger (PAO): Lead Producer Tom Bridgman (SVS): Lead Visualizer Scott Wiessinger (PAO
-
51:24
Ben Shapiro
2 hours agoEp. 2165 - National Security Bombshell & The Case For Derek Chauvin Ep.3 | The Autopsy
9.62K11 -
LIVE
The Tom Renz Show
1 hour agoDOGE War & Trump - Money is Behind Everything
179 watching -
1:24:28
Tucker Carlson
1 day agoCaptain Sherry Walker Reveals the Real Reason for All These Plane Crashes
113K140 -
LIVE
SoundBoardLord
4 hours agoThe Red Dead Journey Concludes!!!
342 watching -
1:03:02
Timcast
2 hours agoDemocrat Party IS DEAD, Leftist Tea Party Emerges To PRIMARY Democrats Amid RECORD Low Approval
150K120 -
1:48:32
Steven Crowder
5 hours ago"Top Secret" War Texts Exposed & The AIPAC Question Addressed
360K268 -
2:59:41
Right Side Broadcasting Network
5 hours agoLIVE: GOP Leadership Gives Press Briefing; Senate Intel Holds Hearing on Worldwide Threats - 3/25/25
65.1K56 -
1:14:10
The Rubin Report
3 hours agoHegseth’s ‘Leaked’ War Plans Scandal Takes an Unexpected Turn
41.1K77 -
Flyover Conservatives
13 hours agoTrash Island the Size of 2 Texases?! Recycling Isn’t Enough – Kate Asseraf Has a Better Solution; Disney’s Woke Reboot of ‘Snow White’ Just Got a Harsh Reality Check | FOC Show
27.1K2 -
DVR
TheAlecLaceShow
3 hours agoTrump Aides Leak Military Plan to Journalist | Guest: Breitbart’s Kristina Wong | The Alec Lace Show
8.02K1