NASA has unveiled new images of the sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space telescope designed to study the Sun. They are quite impressive –particularly on Earth Day.
The observatory was launched on February 11th and has been in geosynchronous orbit for the last two months.
It is now streaming back fantastic images as part of a study into the magnetic variable star.
It strongly suggesting watching these images while playing the following tune:
only version i could find online of this Bruce Cockburn song…
Our sun looks pretty good–considering it’s 6,000 years old!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbfhSHVm2Fc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0]
Who would have thought that the sun looks like a pomegranate close up?
It does:
http://ecocosmology.blogspot.com/2010/04/close-up-look-at-test-of-time.html
Or, if you prefer Count Basie:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPu5EGxQkU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0]
I think in the light of the first picture this would be much more appropriate:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJnJKQiMs6A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0]
Very cool images!
and let’s not forget that today is Earth Day.
Here is what happens on the Earth just because the Sun is here:
Sun is already here!
never goes away…..
Here comes the Sun….