The sun is one of nature’s most spectacular displays, as captured in photos and movies. From space, however, such sights seem much more spectacular. A video sent to Twitter shows a breathtaking view of a timelapse of the sun.
A video released on the “Wonder of Science” account shows a time-lapse of “ultraviolet light collected by the SDO satellite over a month.” So far, 1.9 million people have seen the 59-second video. It was also loved by nearly 68,000 persons. This isn’t the first time “Wonder of Science” has shown images of the sun.
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over the course of a month. pic.twitter.com/M43tpJqEy6
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) March 30, 2022
Sunset from space. pic.twitter.com/RqPe7nYKRS
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) March 26, 2022
Based on the reports, he published a time-lapse movie of the sunset from orbit a few days ago. During this period, the sun is seen setting behind the Earth, leaving the rest of the world and the International Space Station in darkness.
ALSO SEE: American astronaut returns to Earth on a Russian cosmonaut after a groundbreaking mission
Since its launch in 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has studied how the sun generates solar activity and regulates space weather, both of which affect the entire solar system, including Earth. The SDO’s studies of the sun have greatly improved our knowledge of our nearest star, from its composition to its atmosphere, magnetic flux and energy generation.
To honor the 10th anniversary of the SDO in 2020, NASA produced a 10-year time-lapse of photos taken at a wavelength of 17.1 nanometers, “which is an extreme ultraviolet wavelength that reveals the sun’s upper atmosphere – the Crown.” By assembling a snapshot every hour, the film compresses a decade of the sun into 61 minutes. The SDO takes a snapshot of the sun every 0.75 seconds. From its orbit above Earth, it has collected more than 425 million high-resolution photos of the sun, totaling 20 million terabytes of data.