SDO: Year 2

Highlights from the Solar Dynamics Observatory s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/videos-highlight-sdos-fifth-anniversary/](http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/videos-highlight-sdos-fifth-anniversary/)

A child looks up at Solarium at the Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.Photo Credit: NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein Three women watch a Solarium installation in Nashville, TN, in August 2017. People watch a Solarium installation in Nashville, TN, in August 2017. For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/solarium](http://www.nasa.gov/solarium)

The sun is always changing and NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/S. Wiessinger For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-video-recaps-sdos-year-four/](http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-video-recaps-sdos-year-four/)

This movie actually exhibits a number of interesting solar phenomena.The primary feature of interest was the whirrling tower of plasma on the lower right limb. Half resolution (2Kx2K) movies from SDO. Frame sets for 5x3 Hyperwall

A breathtaking compilation of solar views you don s surface, shown above at 304 angstroms, following an explosion on June 7, 2011. Scientists view images at 131 angstroms to study solar flares, such as this X-class flare that took place on March 5, 2012. For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/sdo-year2.html)

A group of active regions appear during the rise of solar cycle 25. This is a view from SDO, 171 Angstrom filter. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames at 2 minutes per frame cadence.

A group of solar active regions, observed in October 2011 by SDO in the 171 Angstrom filter. 4K by 4K frames

Full resolution 4Kx4K frames

A small comet evaporates away in its flyby of the Sun. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames This movie zooms into the location where the comet is visible as it passes in front of the Sun.

A small collection of flares and CMEs in 304 nstrom light. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames

A large filament launches from the Sun in this sequence of 304 ngstrom imagery from Solar Dynamics Observatory. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames

Comet Lovejoy makes a close pass to the Sun, and survives.The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is actually repointed to better observe the comet s approach to the Sun. This movie zooms in for the comet approach and departure. These are full resolution 4Kx4K images which show the instrument repointing.

SDO/HMI movie of sunspots evolving across the solar disk.

An X1.1 flare was seen by SDO on March 5, 2012. This is the view from the 171 Angstrom filter. These are full-view frames and movies of the X-class flare event.

Sunspot group 1429 of solar cycle 24 has launched an X5.4 flare can coronal mass ejection (CME) that is forecast to impact the EarthThis visualization has the full 4Kx4K frames from the 17.1 nm and 13.1 nm filters on the Solar Dynamics Observatory. 2Kx2K MPEG-4 movies are also available. The solar flare in the 171A (17.1nm) filter The solar flare in the 131angstrom (13.1nm) filter.

A solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) observed by SDO in January 2012. A movie of the solar flare event.

On June 7, 2011, an M-2 flare occurred on the Sun which released a very large coronal mass ejection (CME). Much of the ejected material is much cooler (less than about 80,000K) and therefore appears dark against the brighter solar disk.Material which does not reach solar escape velocity can be seen falling back and striking the solar surface, sometimes triggering smaller events.This image sequence is captured at one minute intervals and designed to play synchronously with animations 3838 (304 ngstroms). These movies present the six hour interval around the event, a one minute per animation frame. These are 4Kx4K frames with coded colors. Hyperwall files

On June 7, 2011, an M-2 flare occurred on the Sun which released a very large coronal mass ejection (CME). Much of the ejected material is much cooler (less than about 80,000K) and therefore appears dark against the brighter solar disk.Material which does not reach solar escape velocity can be seen falling back and striking the solar surface, sometimes triggering smaller events.This image sequence is captured at one minute intervals and designed to play synchronously with animations 3839 (171 ngstroms). These movies present the six hour interval around the event, a one minute per animation frame. These are 4Kx4K frames with coded colors. Hyperwall files