For years now, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) media creators have produced spectacular videos of events happening on and around our local star. This time, they have outdone themselves.
Presented for your approval: Thermonuclear Art. A half-hour of the Sun, in ultra high resolution – sit back and enjoy!
This video is public domain and can be downloaded at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12034
The SDO is an orbiting space telescope that has been observing the Sun in multiple frequencies since 2010. It has a continuous science data downlink rate of 130 Megabits per second (Mbps). ALL that data is publicly available; you can generate time-lapse videos of the Sun, and download them from their website.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
