{"id":1836,"date":"2013-04-24T02:34:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T02:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2013-04-24T02:34:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T02:34:31","slug":"three-years-of-the-sun-in-four-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1836","title":{"rendered":"Three years of the Sun in four minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA releases a video showing a time lapse sequence of solar images taken over three years by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\"> Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)<\/a>. There are 2 images per day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sdo\/news\/first-light-3rd.html\" target=\"_d\">Three Years of SDO Images &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/vis\/a010000\/a011200\/a011255\/\" target=\"_d\">Goddard Multimedia Item 11255 &#8211; Three Years of SDO Images<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piuKlpJmjfg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Three Years of SDO Images<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>NASA 04.22.13:\u00a0 In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun&#8217;s rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in its regular 11-year cycle. This video shows those three years of the sun at a pace of two images per day.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>SDO\u2019s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 kelvins (about 1.08 million F). In this wavelength it is easy to see the sun\u2019s 25-day rotation as well as how solar activity has increased over three years.<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the video, the sun subtly increases and decreases in apparent size. This is because the distance between the SDO spacecraft and the sun varies over time. The image is, however, remarkably consistent and stable despite the fact that SDO orbits Earth at 6,876 mph and Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 mph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Such stability is crucial for scientists, who use SDO to learn more about our closest star. These images have regularly caught solar flares and coronal mass ejections in the act, types of space weather that can send radiation and solar material toward Earth and interfere with satellites in space. SDO\u2019s glimpses into the violent dance on the sun help scientists understand what causes these giant explosions &#8212; with the hopes of some day improving our ability to predict this space weather.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"composite SDO image of sun from April 2012-April 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/743348main_Timelapse_Sun_4k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"composite SDO image of sun from April 2012-April 2013\" alt=\"composite SDO image of sun from April 2012-April 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/743349main2_Timelapse_Sun_2k-16x9-673.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" align=\"Bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>This image is a composite of 25 separate images spanning the period of April 16, 2012, to April 15, 2013. It uses the SDO AIA wavelength of 171 angstroms and reveals the zones on the sun where active regions are most common during this part of the solar cycle.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA releases a video showing a time lapse sequence of solar images taken over three years by the\u00a0 Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). There are 2 images per day: Three Years of SDO Images &#8211; NASA Goddard Multimedia Item 11255 &#8211; Three Years of SDO Images Three Years of SDO Images NASA 04.22.13:\u00a0 In the three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1836\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three years of the Sun in four minutes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multiple-media","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-tC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9925,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9925","url_meta":{"origin":1836,"position":0},"title":"Video: 5 year time-lapse of the sun with images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA Goddard marks the five year anniversary of\u00a0\u00a0the launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory with some cool videos: New Videos Highlight NASA SDO's Fifth Anniversary February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory or SDO, which provides incredibly detailed images of the Earth-facing side of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Science&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Science","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=31"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/GSVv40M2aks\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6631,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6631","url_meta":{"origin":1836,"position":1},"title":"Video: Highlights of our sun from 4 years of SDO observations","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's\u00a0SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)\u00a0has a revamped website and great video with a music soundtrack displaying spectacular images of our home star:\u00a0SDO is GO: Four Years of SDO and A New Look for our Website! - SDO Blog http:\/\/youtu.be\/NAg4qXsk99c From the caption: Information about the individual clips used in this video\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Multiple media&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Multiple media","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=36"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7230,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7230","url_meta":{"origin":1836,"position":2},"title":"Videos: Recent solar activity","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The \u00a0Solar Dynamics Observatory\u00a0(SDO) \u00a0imaged a big solar flare this week :\u00a0\u00a0Science of the sun: NASA releases solar flare footage - BBC\u00a0(includes video). 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