NASA SDO First Light: Best of Today...

This compilation of video shows some of the first imagery and data sent back from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Most of the imagery comes from SDO's AIA instrument, and different colors are used to represent different temperatures, a common technique for observing solar features. SDO sees the entire disk of the Sun in extremely high spacial and temporal resolution and this allows scientists to zoom in on notable events like flares, waves, and sunspots. Enjoy the imagery and post in the comments the parts you found most captivating.

Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun. During its five-year mission, it will examine the sun's magnetic field and also provide a better understanding of the role the sun plays in Earth's atmospheric chemistry and climate. Since launch, engineers have been conducting testing and verification of the spacecrafts components. Now fully operational, SDO will provide images with clarity 10 times better than high-definition television and will return more comprehensive science data faster than any other solar observing spacecraft.
Credit: NASA SDO http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• NASA
• SDO
• Solar
• Dynamics
• Observatory
• Sun
• HMI
• AIA
• EVE
• solarflare
• flare

[LiquidSpartan117]

@TheZagiello Idiotic boy, this is just the first step of a FIVE year (minimum) experiment. The SDO does more than take pretty pictures and videos, it monitors what goes on inside so we can better understand our star (Sol or the Sun). I guess you also don't know that our planet is inside the Sun's outer atmosphere? Now we can better understand what makes it tick, and how it affects our lives in our planet. Stay in school and stop being so dumb. :D

[LiquidSpartan117]

Science kicks ass, and so does NASA.

[fleshido]

you can´t smoke too much dope.

i love our sun!!!

[dellisaheapofshit]

@insightllc someone's been smoking too much dope :P

[trekerboy]

Billions and billions of tax payer money = Few seconds of footage

[letsflybaby]

Paris Hilton: That's hot...

[ashman102]

@ashman102

I think you assume or are led to assume its a person who made the start. We don't really know if there is a start. But what we do know is that the Sun has been bathing our planet with energy for 5 billion years and without it we cannot exist. That to me is one of the many 'God's' that allow us to be.

[coolish0hellish]

@ashman102

your god is the one who made the start.

[solardutch]

This has got to be one of the best videos from the newest instrument that studies the face of god

[myfbody]

This could be hollywood...

[Webottex]

...

[ashman102]

That there is our God.