This entry contains the Evolution of the Moon video in mutliple formats, including stereoscopic 3D in both side-by-side and individual left/right channel versions. It also includes a narrated and non-narrated version. Each individual video is labeled to make it easier to find the version that works for you!", "instance": { "id": 478106, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010930/evol_moon_LEFT_ipod_lg_web.png", "filename": "evol_moon_LEFT_ipod_lg_web.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "From year to year, the moon never seems to change. Craters and other formations appear to be permanent now, but the moon didn't always look like this. Thanks to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we now have a better look at some of the moon's history. Learn more in this video!This entry contains the Evolution of the Moon video in mutliple formats, including stereoscopic 3D in both side-by-side and individual left/right channel versions. It also includes a narrated and non-narrated version. Each individual video is labeled to make it easier to find the version that works for you!", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409913, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary", "caption": "In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth.\n\nUsing photo mosaics and elevation data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this video commemorates the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8's historic flight by recreating the moment when the crew first saw and photographed the Earth rising from behind the Moon. Narrator Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon, sets the scene for a three-minute visualization of the view from both inside and outside the spacecraft accompanied by the onboard audio of the astronauts.\n\nThe visualization draws on numerous historical sources, including the actual cloud pattern on Earth from the ESSA-7 satellite and dozens of photographs taken by Apollo 8, and it reveals new, historically significant information about the Earthrise photographs. It has not been widely known, for example, that the spacecraft was rolling when the photos were taken, and that it was this roll that brought the Earth into view. The visualization establishes the precise timing of the roll and, for the first time ever, identifies which window each photograph was taken from.\n\nThe key to the new work is a set of vertical stereo photographs taken by a camera mounted in the Command Module's rendezvous window and pointing straight down onto the lunar surface. It automatically photographed the surface every 20 seconds. By registering each photograph to a model of the terrain based on LRO data, the orientation of the spacecraft can be precisely determined.\n\nA Google Hangout discussion of this visualization between Ernie Wright (creator of the visualization), Andrew Chaikin (narrator and script writer for the visualization and author of A Man on the Moon), John Keller (LRO project scientist), and Aries Keck (NASA media specialist) was held on December 20, 2013. A replay of that hangout is available here.\n\nErnie Wright presented a talk about the making of this animation at the 2014 SIGGRAPH Conference in Vancouver. He also wrote a NASA Wavelength blog entry about Earthrise that includes links to educator resources related to LRO.", "instance": { "id": 459819, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004100/a004129/video_web.png", "filename": "video_web.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The full video, with narration by Andrew Chaikin. You can also watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. For complete transcript, click here.This video is also available on our YouTube channel.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 371193, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/lrosolar-eclipse/#media_group_371193", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "Excellent Ambiance & Other", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 409914, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "NASA Enters World of Ultra-High-Def (4K) Video", "caption": "Thermonuclear art", "instance": { "id": 438414, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012000/a012034/Synthesis_NASA_data_Vis_720p_YouTube_searchweb.png", "filename": "Synthesis_NASA_data_Vis_720p_YouTube_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "When we feel The Earth beneath our feet, see it with our eyes, hear it when the wind blows, we perceive only the most obvious filaments of a far more complex place. Only with exquisite machines--spacecraft in orbit and powerful computers on the ground--can humanity begin to uncover the elegant nature of our complex home.Presented here are a collection of data visualizations based on observations gathered by a fleet of spacecraft. In various depictions we see the currents of the world's oceans, changes in temperature and land cover over time, and precipitation as it cycles energy and water around our living planet.But The Earth is only one part of a dynamic sphere, and with its companion The Moon nearby, we cannot hlep but remeber that our whole planet travels in a wider ocean. This video presents Earth's Moon with data gathered by the remarkable Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, an advanced probe designed to map our planetary companion in unprecedented detail.Finally, our place in space would be cold and lifeless if it were not for our omnipresent star, The Sun. Shining ceaselessly in the void, it bathes our home planet in life giving energy, and holds The Earth, The Moon, and everything else in the solar system in its gravitational thrall.The data used in the creation of this video come from a wide range of spacecraft, all part of NASA's broader Science Mission Directorate. Credit: Michael Starobin, ProducerAll data visualizations provided by the Scientific Visualization Studio", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409915, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "Moon Phase and Libration, 2017", "caption": "The visualization shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2017, at hourly intervals.", "instance": { "id": 417374, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004537/comp.0200_searchweb.png", "filename": "comp.0200_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The phase and libration of the Moon for 2017, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale. 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The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, with a glancing blow. causing aurora to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.", "instance": { "id": 472498, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011095/304-171_Overlay_Blend_Crop_web.jpg", "filename": "304-171_Overlay_Blend_Crop_web.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, with a glancing blow. causing aurora to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409918, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "SDO: Year 7", "caption": "Our sun is ever-changing, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory has a front-row seat.\n \nOn Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory, also known as SDO. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, helping us track everything from sunspots to solar flares to other types of space weather that can have an impact on Earth. For instance, solar activity is behind the aurora, one of Earth’s most dazzling natural events.\n \nThe sun’s activity rises and falls in a pattern that lasts about 11 years on average. This is called the solar cycle. After seven years in space, SDO has had a chance to do what few other satellites have been able to do – watch the sun for the majority of a solar cycle in 11 types of light. This video shows two.", "instance": { "id": 416536, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012500/a012500/SDO_Year7_Title_searchweb.png", "filename": "SDO_Year7_Title_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Our sun is ever-changing, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory has a front-row seat.\n \nOn Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory, also known as SDO. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, helping us track everything from sunspots to solar flares to other types of space weather that can have an impact on Earth. For instance, solar activity is behind the aurora, one of Earth’s most dazzling natural events.\n \nThe sun’s activity rises and falls in a pattern that lasts about 11 years on average. This is called the solar cycle. After seven years in space, SDO has had a chance to do what few other satellites have been able to do – watch the sun for the majority of a solar cycle in 11 types of light. This video shows two.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409919, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "SDO: Year 6", "caption": "The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the entire disk of the sun, with a prime view of the graceful dance of solar material coursing through the sun's atmosphere, the corona. SDO's sixth year in orbit was no exception. This video shows that entire sixth year--from Jan. 1, 2015 to Jan. 28, 2016 as one time-lapse sequence. At full quality, this video is ultra-high definition 3840x2160 and 59.94 frames per second. Each frame represents 1 hour.\n\nSDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 Kelvin (about 1 million degrees F.) In this wavelength it is easy to see the sun's 25-day rotation.\n\nDuring the course of the video, the sun subtly increases and decreases in apparent size. This is because the distance between the SDO spacecraft and the sun varies over time. The image is, however, remarkably consistent and stable despite the fact that SDO orbits Earth at 6,876 mph and the Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 miles per hour.\n\nScientists study these images to better understand the complex electromagnetic system causing the constant movement on the sun, which can ultimately have an effect closer to Earth, too: Flares and another type of solar explosion called coronal mass ejections can sometimes disrupt technology in space. Moreover, studying our closest star is one way of learning about other stars in the galaxy. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. built, operates, and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C.", "instance": { "id": 427347, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012100/a012144/SDO_Year6_HCblend_HD_searchweb.png", "filename": "SDO_Year6_HCblend_HD_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "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 \"Tides\" and is from Killer Tracks.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409920, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "SDO: Year 5", "caption": "February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010. The imagery is also captivating, allowing one to watch the constant ballet of solar material through the sun's atmosphere, the corona. \n\nIn honor of SDO's fifth anniversary, NASA has released a video showcasing highlights from the last five years of sun watching. Watch the movie to see giant clouds of solar material hurled out into space, the dance of giant loops hovering in the corona, and huge sunspots growing and shrinking on the sun's surface. \n\nThe imagery is an example of the kind of data that SDO provides to scientists. By watching the sun in different wavelengths – and therefore different temperatures – scientists can watch how material courses through the corona, which holds clues to what causes eruptions on the sun, what heats the sun's atmosphere up to 1,000 times hotter than its surface, and why the sun's magnetic fields are constantly on the move.\n\nFive years into its mission, SDO continues to send back tantalizing imagery to incite scientists' curiosity. For example, in late 2014, SDO captured imagery of the largest sun spots seen since 1995 as well as a torrent of intense solar flares. Solar flares are bursts of light, energy and X-rays. They can occur by themselves or can be accompanied by what's called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, in which a giant cloud of solar material erupts off the sun, achieves escape velocity and heads off into space. In this case, the sun produced only flares and no CMEs, which, while not unheard of, is somewhat unusual for flares of that size. Scientists are looking at that data now to see if they can determine what circumstances might have led to flares eruptions alone. \n \nGoddard built, operates and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. SDO is the first mission of NASA's Living with a Star Program. The program's goal is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to address those aspects of the sun-Earth system that directly affect our lives and society.", "instance": { "id": 447088, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011700/a011742/Year_5_STILL_searchweb.png", "filename": "Year_5_STILL_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Highlights from the Solar Dynamics Observatory's five years of watching the sun.The music is \"Expanding Universe\" and \"Facing the Unknown\" both from Killer Tracks.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.For complete transcript, click here.Information about the individual clips used in this video is here.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409921, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "Bennu's Journey", "caption": "Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through space for millions of years, asteroid Bennu has had a tough life in a rough neighborhood - the early solar system. Bennu's Journey shows what is known and what remains mysterious about the evolution of Bennu and the planets. By retrieving a sample of Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will teach us more about the raw ingredients of the solar system and our own origins.\n\n\rThe animation was produced in an 8 x 3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 5760 x 2160 and is available in its full resolution, 4K Ultra HD, 1080HD and 720HD versions in both a letter boxed and a 16 x 9 cropped format.", "instance": { "id": 448970, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a020000/a020200/a020220/BennuPostersmall_searchweb.png", "filename": "BennuPostersmall_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through space for millions of years, asteroid Bennu has had a tough life in a rough neighborhood - the early solar system. Bennu's Journey shows what is known and what remains mysterious about the evolution of Bennu and the planets. By retrieving a sample of Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will teach us more about the raw ingredients of the solar system and our own origins.\n\n\rThe animation was produced in an 8 x 3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 5760 x 2160 and is available in its full resolution, 4K Ultra HD, 1080HD and 720HD versions in both a letter boxed and a 16 x 9 cropped format.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 409922, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "SDO Sees Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun", "caption": null, "instance": { "id": 469214, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011100/a011168/Raining_Loops_Still_2_web.jpg", "filename": "Raining_Loops_Still_2_web.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "On July 19, 2012, an eruption occurred on the sun that produced a moderately powerful solar flare and a dazzling magnetic display known as coronal rain. Hot plasma in the corona cooled and condensed along strong magnetic fields in the region. Magnetic fields, are invisible, but the charged plasma is forced to move along the lines, showing up brightly in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of 304 angstroms, and outlining the fields as it slowly falls back to the solar surface.Music: \"Thunderbolt\" by Lars Leonhard, courtesy of artist.For complete transcript, click here.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } } ], "extra_data": {} } ] }