NASA - Thermonuclear Art - The Sun in Ultra-High Definition (4K, ProRes)

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NASA Goddard Media Studios
Thermonuclear Art - The Sun in Ultra-High Definition (4K)
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Files:
SDO_UHD_30mins.mov

Format:
Video: Apple ProRes 422 at 1.1Gbps
234GB for 30m 24s
3840x2160 @ 59.94 fps

Audio: AAC at 160kbps
Info: 2 channels, 48KHz

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The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always
watching. Launched on February 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the entire
disk of the sun, with a prime view of the graceful dance of solar material
coursing through the sun's atmosphere, the corona.

SDO captures images of the sun in 10 different wavelengths, each of which helps
highlight a different temperature of solar material. Different temperatures can,
in turn, show specific structures on the sun such as solar flares, which are
gigantic explosions of light and x-rays, or coronal loops, which are stream of
solar material travelling up and down looping magnetic field lines.

Scientists study these images to better understand the complex electromagnetic
system causing the constant movement on the sun, which can ultimately have an
effect closer to Earth, too. Flares and another type of solar explosion called
coronal mass ejections can sometimes disrupt technology in space. Moreover,
studying our closest star is one way of learning about other stars in the
galaxy. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. built, operates,
and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in
Washington, D.C.

All tracks are written and produced by Lars Leonhard.

Credit: The SDO Team, Genna Duberstein and Scott Wiessinger, Producers

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12034
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