Solar Dynamics Observatory - Atmospheric Imaging Assembly

  • Released Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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The Sun's activity increases as we enter solar cycle 24. But even several years away from the peak, the Sun in ultraviolet light shows a variety of activity.

This visualization consists of eight hours of SDO AIA imagery from the 30.4 nanometer filter (304 Ångstroms). This sequence plays at the full time cadence of the AIA instrument - one image every twelve seconds of real time - and showing thirty images per second on playback.

This is a movie of the active Sun as visible in the ultraviolet 30.4 nanometers wavelength. The 4096x4096 images in the Frames area are the FULL RESOLUTION SDO images with coded colors installed.

These are 4Kx4K frames with coded colors.

This is a set of hyperwall frames. The screens and resolution is set to show imagery at a resolution matching the hyperwall screens.

This is a set of hyperwall frames. The screens and resolution is set to show imagery at a resolution matching the hyperwall screens.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Wednesday, December 7, 2011.
This page was last updated on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM EST.

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