NASA | Incandescent Sun

This video takes SDO images and applies additional processing to enhance the structures visible. While there is no scientific value to this processing, it does result in a beautiful, new way of looking at the sun. The original frames are in the 171 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet. This wavelength shows plasma in the solar atmosphere, called the corona, that is around 600,000 Kelvin. The loops represent plasma held in place by magnetic fields. They are concentrated in "active regions" where the magnetic fields are the strongest. These active regions usually appear in visible light as sunspots. The events in this video represent 24 hours of activity on September 25, 2011.

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[SYCOChangingFaces]

It's interesting to see this footage played with relaxing music when, in reality, it is a violent force to the degree that it can wipe out the earth.

[MrDreamerAdmin]

One word comes to mind... Awesome!

[Adoniram1986]

I was on LSD while watching this.

[Mike Morrison]

"Under Obama?" More like "under scientific PROOF NASA has taken a stand..." You;re an idiot. Man-made global warming certainly is FACT. Dumbass.

[label1877]

Under Obama... NASA has taken an active stand on man-made global warming. Since there is no such thing as man-made global warming...NASA is looking rather silly now to the majority of the population.

[Mike Morrison]

Uuuummm.....WHAT!?

[ilovetrainallday]

breath taken! what i wouldnt give to travel out in space. so beautiful

[MrGoShows]

Ostentatious!

[jabandrade]

I would like to know who is the music?

[TheBlackIdentety]

Technology based civilizations yes. The Earth? No.

[witschensuppe]

Ist das nicht wunderbar,habt Augen dafür.

[itune900]

I love the stuff...