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            "release_date": "2018-09-13T10:02:59-04:00",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/sdo/",
            "result_type": "Gallery",
            "release_date": "2018-08-31T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "SDO – Solar Dynamics Observatory",
            "description": "Since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has studied the solar atmosphere to help us understand the Sun’s influence on Earth. Every 12 seconds, SDO images the Sun in 10 wavelengths of ultraviolet light, each of which reveals different solar features. These images help us explain where the Sun's energy comes from, how the inside of the Sun works, and how the Sun’s atmosphere stores and releases energy in dramatic eruptions that can influence Earth.\n\nLearn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sdo/",
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            "title": "Plasma Zoo: Gyroresonant Scattering",
            "description": "In a background magnetic field, represented by the cyan arrows, two electrons are propagating to the right, executing identical gyromotion.  A circularly polarized electromagnetic wave approaches the upper electron from the left. || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong_inertial.HD1080i.0150_print.jpg (1024x576) [85.3 KB] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong_inertial.HD1080i.0150_searchweb.png (320x180) [55.9 KB] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong_inertial.HD1080i.0150_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || RideAlong (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [17.2 MB] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [2.3 MB] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong_inertial.HD1080i.0150.tif (1920x1080) [2.4 MB] || RideAlong (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong.UHD3840_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [49.4 MB] || GyroresonanceV3_RideAlong.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [203 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-11-27T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Mapping Particle Injections in Earth's Magnetosphere",
            "description": "A view from above the northern hemisphere of particle injection propagation constructed from their respective satellite detections.  Distinct injections, and their detection by satellites, are represented by different colors. || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.GSE.AU.clockSlate_EarthTarget.HD1080i.01200_print.jpg (1024x576) [115.4 KB] || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.GSE.AU.clockSlate_EarthTarget.HD1080i.01200_searchweb.png (320x180) [82.7 KB] || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.GSE.AU.clockSlate_EarthTarget.HD1080i.01200_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || TopView (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [29.7 MB] || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.1 MB] || TopView (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.UHD3840_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [93.0 MB] || MagnetosphereMultiMission.top.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [207 bytes] || ",
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            "title": "Prompt Electron Acceleration in the Radiation Belts",
            "description": "Electrons gyrating along the lines of Earth's magnetic field make another orbit around Earth and strike the Van Allen Probe A AGAIN! || PromptAccel_EventCloseup_SlowOblique.slate_RigRHS.HD1080i.0540_print.jpg (1024x576) [139.2 KB] || PromptAccel_EventCloseup_SlowOblique.slate_RigRHS.HD1080i.0540_searchweb.png (320x180) [90.9 KB] || PromptAccel_EventCloseup_SlowOblique.slate_RigRHS.HD1080i.0540_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || PromptAccel.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [48.5 MB] || PromptAccel.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [3.1 MB] || PromptAccel_EventCloseup_SlowOblique.HD1080i_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [24.1 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || PromptAccel_EventCloseup_SlowOblique_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [141.9 MB] || PromptAccel.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [189 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2015-12-08T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Space Weather to the Edge of the Solar System",
            "description": "Cropped view of the Enlil model from early 2015 to just after the New Horizons flyby of Pluto. || NewHorizons2015_40AU.NoSTEREO_1080p30.01000_print.jpg (1024x576) [72.7 KB] || NewHorizons2015_40AU.NoSTEREO_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [27.9 MB] || NewHorizons2015_40AU.NoSTEREO_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.6 MB] || NewHorizons2015_40AU.NoSTEREO.3840x2160_p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [82.5 MB] || 5760x3240_16x9_30p (5760x3240) [0 Item(s)] || NoSTEREO (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || space-weather-to-the-edge-of-the-solar-system-hd1080-movie.hwshow [336 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2015-02-02T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Plasma Zoo: Particle Drift in a Magnetic Gradient",
            "description": "Visualization from two camera positions of simple gyro-motion of charged particles in a changing magnetic field. || BGradient_inertial.HD1080i.0600_print.jpg (1024x576) [124.3 KB] || BGradient_inertial.HD1080i.0600_searchweb.png (320x180) [81.3 KB] || BGradient_inertial.HD1080i.0600_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || BGradient_inertial.HD1080i.0600_web.png (320x180) [81.3 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || BGradient.HD1080.webm (1920x1080) [3.7 MB] || BGradient_inertial_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.2 MB] || BGradient.HD1080.mov (1920x1080) [121.1 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2015-02-02T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Plasma Zoo: Field-Aligned Current (Birkeland Current)",
            "description": "Visualization from two camera positions of gyro-motion of charged particles in parallel electric and magnetic fields. || EBParallel_inertial.HD1080i.0600_print.jpg (1024x576) [123.4 KB] || EBParallel_inertial.HD1080i.0600_searchweb.png (320x180) [80.8 KB] || EBParallel_inertial.HD1080i.0600_web.png (320x180) [80.8 KB] || EBParallel_inertial.HD1080i.0600_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || EBParallel.cam1 (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || EBParallel.cam1.HD1080.webm (1920x1080) [3.6 MB] || EBParallel_cam1_HD1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.3 MB] || EBParallel.cam1.HD1080.mov (1920x1080) [120.0 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2015-02-02T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Plasma Zoo: E-cross-B Drift",
            "description": "Visualization from two camera positions of gyro-motion of charged particles in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. || EBvOrthogonal_inertial.HD1080i.0600_print.jpg (1024x576) [123.3 KB] || EBvOrthogonal_inertial.HD1080i.0600_searchweb.png (320x180) [79.0 KB] || EBvOrthogonal_inertial.HD1080i.0600_thm.png (80x40) [5.5 KB] || EBvOrthogonal_inertial.HD1080i.0600_web.png (320x180) [79.0 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || EBvOrthogonal.HD1080.webm (1920x1080) [3.6 MB] || EBvOrthogonal_inertial_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.2 MB] || EBvOrthogonal.HD1080.mov (1920x1080) [120.0 MB] || ",
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            "release_date": "2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Notable CMEs of Solar Cycle 24",
            "description": "Simulations & visualizations of some of the big solar events of Solar Cycle 24.\n\nThese visualizations were developed to present a more public-friendly \nview in a way that the major events of space weather, such as coronal \nmass ejections (CMEs) are more obvious even to the untrained observer. \nWe use a fairly basic technique or 'trick' of using the three image \ncolor channels, red, green, and blue, to present different variables \ncomputed in the model run.  The visual color-bars are also on the \nanimation page.\n\nIn this case, red represents temperature (kind of obvious choice) so \nredder is hotter plasma.  Green represents density of the plasma. Blue \nis a pressure gradient, or change in pressure over distance.  More blue \nmeans a stronger shock wave moving through the plasma, which is more a \ncharacteristic of a CME.  By combining the three color channels, intense \nvalues of these variables can show up as distinct colors.  For example, \na hot, dense shock combines red, green, and blue to form white.  But you \ncould also have a lower density hot shock combining red and blue to make \nmagenta (or purple/violet).\n\nThe major visible feature is the 'Parker spiral'.  As the solar wind \nflows out from the sun, the sun is rotating.  Density enhancements \n(green in the visualization) in the wind get propagated outward to make \nthis spiral shape - not too different from the spiral pattern created by \na spinning lawn sprinkler.  Coronal mass ejections get imprinted on this \npattern.",
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        {
            "id": 30049,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30049/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-06-20T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Updated Curiosity Self-Portrait at John Klein",
            "description": "In February 2013 NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity drilled its first hole into rock target John Klein. This updated self-portrait of Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on February 3, 2013, with three additional exposures taken on May 10, 2013 to show the area after the drilling event. The updated area of the image is located in the lower-left quadrant and shows gray powder and two holes where the rover used its drill. Preliminary findings from analysis of the rock powder indicate that the location long ago had environmental conditions favorable for microbial life. The favorable conditions included the key elemental ingredients for life, an energy gradient that could be exploited by microbes, and water that was not harshly acidic or briny. || ",
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            "title": "Gradient Sun",
            "description": "Scientific imagery can be stunning. There's a simple reason why: the same tools to create art are often used in the pursuit of science. One such tool, recognizable to many people as an image effect available on digital photo editing programs, is the gradient filter. When applied to images, the filter sharpens detail by boosting contrast. Scientists use it to accentuate fine structures that might otherwise be lost in the background noise of some scenes. Applying the filter to satellite views of the sun, for example, enhances the giant arcs of solar material in the sun's atmosphere called coronal loops. By studying these loops, scientists can track the structure and movement of magnetic fields that drive the creation of sunspots and giant radiation bursts known as solar flares. Watch the video to see the eye-catching effect this filter has on images of the sun captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite. || ",
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