NASA On Air: NASA's SDO Satellite Captures HD Time Lapse Of The Sun (2/12/2016)
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- Howard Joe Witte
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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.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video editor
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM)
Producer
- Howard Joe Witte (ADNET) [Lead]
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Read moreThis 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.