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July 22, 2016
Artist's view of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA
Solar material repeatedly bursts from the sun in this close-up captured on July 9-10, 2016, by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. The sun is composed of plasma, a gas in which the negative electrons move freely around the positive ions, forming a powerful mix of charged particles. Each burst of plasma licks out from the surface only to withdraw back into the active region – a dance commanded by complex magnetic forces above the sun. SDO captured this video in wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light, which are typically invisible to our eyes. The imagery is colorized here in red for easy viewing.
NASA’s SDO Watches Bursts of Solar Material
Video above: A close-up of the sun captured on July 9-10, 2016, by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. Video Credits: NASA/SDO/Goddard Space Flight Center/Joy Ng.
For more information about Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by Lina Tran/Rob Garner.
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