Five Year Time-lapse of SDO

This ultra-high definition (3840x2160) video shows the sun in the 171 angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. It covers a time period of January 2, 2015 to January 28, 2016 at a cadence of one frame every hour, or 24 frames per day. This timelapse is repeated with narration by solar scientist Nicholeen Viall and contains close-ups and annotations. 171 angstrom light highlights material around 600,000 Kelvin and shows features in the upper transition region and quiet corona of the sun. The video is available to download here at 59.94 frames per second, double the rate YouTube currently allows for UHD content. The music is titled s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/S. Wiessinger || This ultra-high definition (3840x2160) video shows the sun in the 171 angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. It covers a time period of January 2, 2015 to January 28, 2016 at a cadence of one frame every hour, or 24 frames per day. The video is available to download here at 59.94 frames per second, double the rate YouTube currently allows for UHD content.Complete transcript available.

See a five-year time-lapse of the sun. || In this video, the color of the sun corresponds to SDO observations captured in different wavelengths of light. || The loops above the bright regions seen in this image are arcs of plasma that follow magnetic field lines flowing out and back into the sun. || The black splotches above are coronal holes, areas where the sun’s magnetic fields lines do not return to the sun, but extend out into space. || The dark scar in the lower half of the sun is a solar filament, a string of relatively cool gas in the sun’s atmosphere.

Highlights from the Solar Dynamics Observatory s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO