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StylinRed 04-21-2010 10:19 PM

NASAs new Camera on the Sun
 
click the pic for a huge one
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/4...-orig_full.jpg
A full-disk multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet image of the sun taken by SDO on March 30, 2010. False colors trace different gas temperatures. Reds are relatively cool (about 60,000 Kelvin, or 107,540 F); blues and greens are hotter (greater than 1 million Kelvin, or 1,799,540 F). Credit: NASA

Quote:

NASA's New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images
04.21.10

View related briefing materials here.

NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

Some of the images from the spacecraft show never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots. Others show extreme close-ups of activity on the sun’s surface. The spacecraft also has made the first high-resolution measurements of solar flares in a broad range of extreme ultraviolet wavelengths.

"These initial images show a dynamic sun that I had never seen in more than 40 years of solar research,” said Richard Fisher, director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "SDO will change our understanding of the sun and its processes, which affect our lives and society. This mission will have a huge impact on science, similar to the impact of the Hubble Space Telescope on modern astrophysics.”

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 spacecraft’s 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.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sd...rst-light.html

an idea of the resolution they have
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/4...ompare-670.jpg

boatcaptain 04-21-2010 10:20 PM

cool picture

JSALES 04-21-2010 10:25 PM

the solar prominence eruption video on the website is pretty cool

Vansterdam 04-22-2010 05:58 AM

my new wallpaper =D

Anjew 04-22-2010 09:57 AM

i cant wait till we can watch that in full motion video

Mugen EvOlutioN 04-22-2010 10:03 AM

nice stuff

hal0g0dv2 04-22-2010 10:23 AM

that is pretty sweet

hotjoint 04-22-2010 10:31 AM

nice

Ikkaku 04-22-2010 12:00 PM

Prince Pyrus is about to come kick some ass :thumbsup:

https://store-imtoys.locasite.com.br...haractersN.jpg

sunny_j 04-22-2010 01:24 PM

!
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...9ceae82f86.jpg


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