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  • Released Tuesday, March 10, 2015
  • Updated Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 11:00AM
  • ID: 11755
See a five-year time-lapse of the sun.

See a five-year time-lapse of the sun.

In this video, the color of the sun corresponds to SDO observations captured in different wavelengths of light.

The loops above the bright regions seen in this image are arcs of plasma that follow magnetic field lines flowing out and back into the sun.

The loops above the bright regions seen in this image are arcs of plasma that follow magnetic field lines flowing out and back into the sun.

The black splotches above are coronal holes, areas where the sun’s magnetic fields lines do not return to the sun, but extend out into space.

The black splotches above are coronal holes, areas where the sun’s magnetic fields lines do not return to the sun, but extend out into space.

The dark scar in the lower half of the sun is a solar filament, a string of relatively cool gas in the sun’s atmosphere.

The dark scar in the lower half of the sun is a solar filament, a string of relatively cool gas in the sun’s atmosphere.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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