Sun  ID: 10261

Hello, SDO

Released on July 2, 2008
Meet Little SDO! This animated version of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is here to introduce you to all the great new ways we'll be looking at the sun and predicting how it will affect our lives on Earth.
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Promo

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will be NASA's new eye on the sun. This short promo introduces SDO's comically animated alter-ego, 'Little SDO'.
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Looking Inside the Sun

Little SDO explains both how he can see inside the sun and how he can tell what you ate for lunch today.
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Tons of Data

Little SDO demonstrates just how much data he sends every day.
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Big Sun

Little SDO demonstrates the fact that he takes really, really large pictures of the sun.
 

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Credits

Chris Smith (UMBC): Lead Animator
Chris Smith (UMBC): Video Editor
Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Chris Smith (UMBC): Writer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10261

Mission:
SDO

Data Used:
SDO
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This item is part of this series:
SDO Pre-launch

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Satellite
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Sun