133 Days on the Sun:
On the left side of the frame is the full circle of the Sun. It appears in a golden yellow color, but splotchy and with thin yellow wisps extending from the surface. Some areas are very bright and others almost black. The whole Sun rotates steadily, with one full rotation taking 12 minutes in this time lapse. There are usually only a few bright regions visible at a time and they shift and flash like small fires. From these regions there are wispy loops reaching up above the surface that rapidly change shape and size.

On the right side of the frame are two white-outlined squares with enlargements of interesting regions of the Sun.

SDO and other NASA missions will continue to watch our Sun in the years to come, providing further insights about our place in space and information to keep our astronauts and assets safe.

The music is a continuous mix from Lars Leonhard’s “Geometric Shapes” album, courtesy of the artist.

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Credits:
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, individual items should be credited as indicated above.
Visualizer: Tom Bridgman (GST) [Lead]
Editor: Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
Producer: Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle) [Lead]

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