SDO: Year 3

The Countdown is on for Rare Solar Eclipse Visible Across all of North AmericaFor the First Time in Nearly 100 Years, Millions of Americans Coast-to-Coast Will see an Eclipse Chat with NASA to find out how you can catch this spectacular eventOn August 21, 2017, daylight will fade to the level of a moonlit night as millions of Americans experience one of nature’s most awe-inspiring shows – a total solar eclipse. For the first time since 1918, the dark shadow of the moon will sweep coast-to-coast across the United States, putting 14 states in the path of totality and providing a spectacular view of a partial eclipse across all 50 states.NASA scientists are available Wednesday, June 21, from 6:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET to show your viewers the path of the eclipse, what they need to see it safely and talk about the unprecedented science that will be gathered from one of the most anticipated and widely observed celestial events in history. We’ll also give your viewers a sneak peek of a press conference about the eclipse NASA is having later that day.A solar eclipse happens when a rare alignment of the sun and moon casts a shadow on Earth. NASA knows the shape of the moon better than any other planetary body, and this data allows us to accurately predict the shape of the shadow as it falls on the face of Earth. While everyone in the U.S. will see the eclipse if their local skies are clear, people standing in the path of totality – completely in the moon’s shadow – will see stars and planets become visible in what is normally a sunlit sky. Eclipses provide an unprecedented opportunity for us to see the sun’s faint outer atmosphere in a way that cannot be replicated by current human-made instruments. Scientists believe this region of the sun is the main driver for the sun’s constant outpouring of radiation, known as the solar wind, as well as powerful bursts of solar material that can be harmful to our satellites, orbiting astronauts and power grids on the ground. HD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K18/LO: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 18 Slot Lower | 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12051.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio Embedded**To book a window contact** / Michelle Handleman / michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov / 301-286-0918Suggested Questions:1. This is the first time in nearly 100 years that the United States will have the opportunity to see a total solar eclipse coast-to-coast! What will happen on August 21?2. This eclipse will be the most widely observed and shared celestial event in U.S. history. Why are scientists excited for this eclipse?3. Eclipses allow scientists to see the sun’s faint outer atmosphere, which is actually hotter than its surface. What can you tell us about NASA’s upcoming mission that will touch the sun?4. How does NASA’s study of our sun help us explore the solar system?5. How does NASA’s mapping of the moon give us the accurate path of totality?6. Where can we learn more?Live Shot Details:Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Greenbelt, MarylandScientists:Dr. Alex Young / NASA ScientistDr. Nicholeen Viall / NASA ScientistDr. Noah Petro / NASA ScientistDr. Geronimo Villanueva [in Spanish] / NASA ScientistTo learn more visit:Eclipse Across AmericaOn Twitter @NASASun B-roll for the live shots Canned interview with NASA Scientist Dr. Nicholeen Viall looking off camera. Soundbites are separated by slates. Includes transcript of soundbites. Canned interview in Spanish with Dr. Yari Collado-Vega. Soundbites are separated with slates Soundbites with Drs. Alex Young and Noah Petro. TRT 5:41. Includes full transcript with timecodes For More InformationSee [https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/](https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/)

February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/videos-highlight-sdos-fifth-anniversary/](http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/videos-highlight-sdos-fifth-anniversary/)

Solarium — a site specific, ultra-HD video installation — puts you directly in the heart of a mesmerizing show. The art taps into a vast reservoir of imagery from a NASA spacecraft, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).SDO watches the Sun in ultratraviolet light that is invisible to the naked eye. SDO takes a picture of the full disc of the Sun almost once a second. Each image has eight times as much resolution as an HD TV. The observatory records the solar images as a binary code, ones and zeros, which computer programs can translate into black-and-white pictures. Video producers can take these thousands of frames and treat them as footage, applying a cinematic tone conveyed through color correction, cropping, and applied camera movements.For b-roll of SDO footage, please see related media at the bottom of this page. A child looks up at Solarium at the Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.Photo Credit: NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein Three women watch a Solarium installation in Nashville, TN, in August 2017. People watch a Solarium installation in Nashville, TN, in August 2017. For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/solarium](http://www.nasa.gov/solarium)

Explore views of active regions on the sun taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Active regions appear as bright spots in this video, which shows solar material coursing through the sun’s atmosphere. Here, giant loops of solar material bridge a series of active regions. Arching structures called prominences sometimes hover over active regions, and can even explode off the sun. Beneath some active regions are dark spots (above, black), marking complex magnetic regions on the sun s surface.

The sun is always changing and NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/S. Wiessinger For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-video-recaps-sdos-year-four/](http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-video-recaps-sdos-year-four/)

A moderate solar flare was emitted by the sun on July 19, 2012. At 5:58 UTC it peaked at M7.7 on the flare scale, which makes it fairly powerful, but still much weaker than X-class flares, which are the largest. What made this particular event so noteworthy was the associated activity in the sun by Lars Leonhard An HD1080 movie of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 304 wavelength. An HD1080 movie of the opening part of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 171 wavelength. A 4Kx4K frame set of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 304 wavelength. A 4Kx4K frame set of the opening part of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 171 wavelength.

On September 16, 2012 the sun had a beautiful prominence (see Wikipedia) that slowly twisted and dissipated over several hours. It was captured in 304 angstrom light by the Solar Dynamics Observatory s AIA instrument at 4k resolution and 12s imaging cadence. The prominence was immediately followed by one of the many eclipses that SDO experiences during September, when its orbit places the Earth between it and the sun. An HD movie of the prominences and eclipse. Full colorized 4Kx4K frames of SDO data.

Groups of sunspots grow and die over a matter of days. This is a movie built from images taken by the SDO/HMI instrument over the course of 13 days during the rise of solar cycle 24. An HD movie of the sunspot evolution. Full resolution, colorized 4Kx4K frames of the sunspot evolution.

On the final day of 2012, the sun presented a beautiful twisting prominence that rose high into the corona for about 3 hours. It was most visible in extreme ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 304 angstroms. This wavelength highlights plasma with temperatures of around 50,000 Kelvin. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on NASA s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the event at 4k resolution and a high imaging cadence of one image every 12 seconds. HD movie of the prominence. Colorized 4Kx4K SDO imagery of the prominences

Twice a year, for three weeks near the equinox, NASA eclipse Colorized 4Kx4K SDO imagery of the prominence and eclipse.

On July 18, 2012, a fairly small explosion of light burst off the lower right limb of the sun. Such flares often come with an associated eruption of solar material, known as a coronal mass ejection or CME to trace out the newly-formed slinky shape. The plasma glowed brightly in extreme ultraviolet images from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) aboard NASA s connection to the sun was severed, and the magnetic fields escaped into space, dragging billions of tons of solar material along for the ride — a classic CME. 1080 HD movie of the CME launch in the 171angstrom AIA filter. 4Kx4K frames with time tags and frame numbers in the 171angstrom AIA filter. 1080 HD movie of the CME launch. This movie has a slightly modified color table to bring out details of the flux rope on the right limb of the Sun in the 131angstrom AIA filter. 4Kx4K frames with time tags and frame numbers in the 131angstrom AIA filter.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observed a large filament eruption on August 31, 2012. This visualization was generated using high time resolution (12 seconds) data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). Two datasets are used, the SDO/AIA 304 ngstrom wavelength (gold color table). These are wavelengths in the ultraviolet band of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are not visible to the human eye or to ground-based telescopes so coded colors are used in presentation.It is the source material for 4Kx4K frames.

The sun emitted a significant solar flare on Oct. 22, 2012, peaking at 11:17 p.m. EDT. The flare came from an active region on the left side of the sun that has been numbered AR 1598, which has already been the source of a number of weaker flares. This flare was classified as an X.1-class flare. s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 131 angstrom wavelength. This wavelength of light is used for observing solar material heated to 10 million degrees Kelvin, as in a solar flare. The wavelength is typically colorized in teal, as it is here. Credit: NASA/SDO The October 22 flare in 335 The October 22 flare in 304 For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News102312-xflare.html](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News102312-xflare.html)

On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), and the joint ESA/NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). For complete transcript, click here. Image of the Earth to scale with the filament eruption. Note: the Earth is not this close to the sun, this image is for scale purposes only. The August 31 2012 coronal mass ejection shown in four different extreme ultraviolet wavelengths at 19:49 UT. Clockwise from upper left, the wavelengths are: 335, 171, 131, 304 angstroms. Short video of the CME in 304 and 171 and a cropped still of the CME in 304. An overlay blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. An overlay blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. Cropped. A lighten blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. A lighten blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. Cropped. Long frame sequences and 4k ProRes video of the filament eruption and CME in 304. The frame rate is one frame every 36 seconds. Long frame sequences and 4k ProRes video of the filament eruption and CME in 171. The frame rate is one frame every 36 seconds. A short frame sequence and still of the main part of the filament eruption and CME in 131. The frame rate is one frame every 36 seconds. A short frame sequence and still of the main part of the filament eruption and CME in 335. The frame rate is one frame every 36 seconds. A short frame sequence and still of the main part of the filament eruption and CME in 193. The frame rate is one frame every 36 seconds. For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News090412-filament.html](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News090412-filament.html)

This is source material for the SDO view of Active Region 1520 in July of 2012. This is 4Kx4K source frames and 1Kx1K movie of Active Region 1520.

The sun emitted a large flare on July 12, 2012, but earlier in the week it gave a demonstration of how gorgeous solar activity can be. This movie shows the sun from late July 8 to early July 10 shortly before it unleashed an X-class flare beginning at 12:11 PM EDT on July 12 as captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). VideoFor complete transcript, click here. Still of AR1520 in 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light. 4096x4096 full-disk image and video of sun in 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light.

Full disk and Tracking views of Venus Transit from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It includes images taken by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA).These are the basic images, collected from the telemetry. To see the insets composited, see Venus Transit 2012 Composited Visuals. Full disk and tracking view from AIA 171 ngstroms. Full disk and tracking views from AIA 304 nstroms. Full disk and tracking views from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI).

These visualizations were generated by compositing the small field-of-view, high-cadence closeups of Venus with the full-disk, low-cadence imagery from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Two different instruments are used: the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) which sees light in the visible range, and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) which sees light in several wavelengths in the ultraviolet range. To find out more information about these instruments, check out The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly Tutorial.Some artifacts may be visible from the compositing, but you have to look pretty closely to see them.The color table threshold was raised for these images, reducing the amount of noise visible in the images. Note: There is an interesting artifact worthy of mention and clarification, and that is as Venus crosses the solar limb, the limb appears to be visible through the planet in some of the imagers (most notably the ultraviolet channels). Discussion with the scientists who built the imagers suggest this might be between the readouts of the four CCD panels that make up a complete image. It is an artifact of the imaging system. A high-cadence view of Venus Transit in AIA 171 angstroms. A high-cadence view of Venus Transit in HMI. A high-cadence view of Venus Transit in AIA at 304 angstroms These are composited Full Disk frames, constructed by compositing the HMI high-cadence inset with the low cadence full-resolution disk. These are composited Full Disk frames, constructed by compositing the AIA 171 high-cadence inset with the low cadence full-resolution disk.

Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun. During its five-year mission, it will examine the sun from Stockmusic.netFor complete transcript, click here. Sequence of images of 171 transit composited together to show path of Venus. This now has an improved version with better color and detail and a full 4kx4k or cropped 4kx2k size suitable for print. 193 angstrom image from SDO 171 angstrom HMI Continuum. Portion of visible spectrum. Full size versions and half-size versions. Cropped HMI Continuum 304 angstrom full disk. In 4k and 2k. Cropped 304. 171 Mid-transit cropped 171 full disk Mid-transit in 4k and 2k 304 Mid-transit cropped 304 full disk mid-transit 4k and 2k 171 Egress begins. Cropped. 171 Egress begins. Full disk 4k and 2k. 304 Egress begins. Cropped. 304 Egress begins. Full disk 4k and 2k. HMI Continuum. Almost gone... 193 Showing Venus completely off the limb and backlit by only the corona.

This movie actually exhibits a number of interesting solar phenomena.The primary feature of interest was the whirrling tower of plasma on the lower right limb. Half resolution (2Kx2K) movies from SDO. Frame sets for 5x3 Hyperwall

Full resolution 4Kx4K SDO images

The sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle on March 6, 2012 at 7PM ET. ?This flare was categorized as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare — after an X6.9 on August 9, 2011 — since the sun #243ttir

Sunspot group 1429 of solar cycle 24 has launched an X5.4 flare can coronal mass ejection (CME) that is forecast to impact the EarthThis visualization has the full 4Kx4K frames from the 17.1 nm and 13.1 nm filters on the Solar Dynamics Observatory. 2Kx2K MPEG-4 movies are also available. The solar flare in the 171A (17.1nm) filter The solar flare in the 131angstrom (13.1nm) filter.

Footage of launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory from February 11, 2010 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. SDO launch sequence video