https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWrm-dADE8w
Earlier this week we saw the release of the first images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft whose entire job is to study solar activity. Now we’ve got some fiery videos of mega-blasts on the solar surface.
Above you can see a huge flare, erupting over and over again.
Below are the many moods of the sun, viewed at different wavelengths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99skxXgxTCc
This video below is called “features of our quiet sun,” which captures the less pyrotechnic regions of the star’s surface. In fact I think this might be the most beautiful of all the videos, as it captures an almost cloudlike wisp of fire jetting up and floating over the seething plasma below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KawL6Hfhd5c
You can follow the ongoing adventures of the Solar Dynamics Observatory via the Godard Space Flight Center
