This is a time-lapse video showcasing solar activity from August 12 to December 22, 2022, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). SDO has been orbiting Earth and capturing high-resolution images of the Sun for over a decade, leading to numerous discoveries about its behavior and impact on our solar system.

Using three instruments, SDO takes a snapshot of the Sun every 0.75 seconds and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument captures images every 12 seconds at 10 different wavelengths of light. The video condenses 133 days of observations into 59 minutes, featuring bright active regions and magnetic fields that trap hot plasma and lead to solar flares.

The video has a few dark frames due to Earth or the Moon eclipsing SDO or instrumentation errors, and off-center images were taken during instrument calibration. Despite these challenges, SDO and other NASA missions will continue to study the Sun, providing crucial insights for space exploration and safety.

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