Sun ID: 12151

NASA On Air: NASA's SDO Satellite Captures HD Time Lapse Of The Sun (2/12/2016)

Released on February 12, 2016

LEAD: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory catches the sun in HD video.

1: Images shown here are in the extreme ultraviolet range.

2: The temperature of the solar material is near 1 million degrees F.

3: It's easy to see the sun's rotation, 1 full rotation every 25 days.

TAG: Scientists study these images to better understand the solar flares and solar explosions called coronal mass ejections that can sometimes disrupt our technology such as GPS systems.

Credits

Howard Joe Witte (ADNET): Lead Producer
Sophia Roberts (USRA): Video Editor

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
SDO

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Solar Wind
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0