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Elmore Furth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-10 11:49 AM
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Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory returns first images
Cool!





Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory has provided an astonishing new vista on our turbulent star.

The first public release of images from the satellite record huge explosions and great looping prominences of gas.

It's like looking at the details of our star through a microscope

The probe views the entire solar disc with a resolution 10 times better than the average high-definition television camera. This allows it to pick out features on the surface and in the atmosphere that are as small as 350km across.


Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory returns first images
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CherokeeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-10 12:23 PM
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1. So much we do not know....
these pictures are breathtaking. Thanks for posting!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-10 09:26 PM
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2. close up HD video
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003715/SDOAIA304closeup_720.mp4 (1.4 MB)
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