NASA | SDO: Year 5

February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010. The imagery is also captivating, allowing one to watch the constant ballet of solar material through the sun's atmosphere, the corona.
In honor of SDO's fifth anniversary, NASA has released a video showcasing highlights from the last five years of sun watching. Watch the movie to see giant clouds of solar material hurled out into space, the dance of giant loops hovering in the corona, and huge sunspots growing and shrinking on the sun's surface.
The imagery is an example of the kind of data that SDO provides to scientists. By watching the sun in different wavelengths - and therefore different temperatures - scientists can watch how material courses through the corona, which holds clues to what causes eruptions on the sun, what heats the sun's atmosphere up to 1,000 times hotter than its surface, and why the sun's magnetic fields are constantly on the move.
Five years into its mission, SDO continues to send back tantalizing imagery to incite scientists' curiosity. For example, in late 2014, SDO captured imagery of the largest sun spots seen since 1995 as well as a torrent of intense solar flares. Solar flares are bursts of light, energy and X-rays. They can occur by themselves or can be accompanied by what's called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, in which a giant cloud of solar material erupts off the sun, achieves escape velocity and heads off into space. In this case, the sun produced only flares and no CMEs, which, while not unheard of, is somewhat unusual for flares of that size. Scientists are looking at that data now to see if they can determine what circumstances might have led to flares eruptions alone.
Goddard built, operates and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. SDO is the first mission of NASA's Living with a Star Program. The program's goal is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to address those aspects of the sun-Earth system that directly affect our lives and society.
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[@polarbear242]

Man, I'm speechless. What a time to be alive and be able to witness the sheer beauty of the universe.

[@InconvenientFactz]

Ahh I wish I was born a couple of thousand years later, we could be visiting a nearby galaxy!

[@amandasstudies]

yeah, so beautiful

[@Supermanohman]

this music makes me hope the sun wins the battle and saves the world

[@Supermanohman]

Vic Vinegar and gets the girl in the end.

[@abdisaberyusuf9826]

Vic Vinegar I get i get it. You don't believe this shit. Do you?

[@Supermanohman]

+Vic Vinegar Seriously though I need a download for both songs because I write in my free time and I need this music. Loving the music at 2:20!!!

[@jbolian3153]

😃

[@BlokeOnAMotorbike]

incredible. Proof that there is, indeed, a hot ball of plasma near the barycentre of our solar system.

[@davidthomson8010]

I thought I knew where this was going. So glad I read the whole thing.

[@MouseMan707]

Speaks English? Not religious? I didn't think that was possible in this peticular comment section.

[@kattn01]

David Thomson The whole 18 word sentence! Impressive!

[@BlokeOnAMotorbike]

100 likes on a random comment on a random youtube video in less than 10 hours, new record :D

[@jimthebrit]

Jim Moore boorelius The cutting edge of learning inspires the greatest minds and, apparently, insults the weakest.

[@ME-fv1ug]

NASA, you made it a masterpiece

All I can say is : thank you, thank you for studying so hard and learning so much and for putting so many hours of discipline and love and endeavor on this project and sharing all this with us so we can share it with others.Thank you. Make goals not war.♥ Than you Manuel♥♥

[@sokbok]

Congrats on 10 years of SDO ! Such beautiful images and data. thank you and bravo.

[@WuKingdom1]

I wish this video didn't end. It's such a beautiful showcase of heliophysics...I just love it!

[@Blobjonblob]

It amazing the amount of people on Earth that take the sun for granted, saying things like oh it gives us light and sunny days when it fact it gives Life. In a boarder way of thinking the sun is our creator.

[@Blobjonblob]

Globox822 sounds like your a bit special. Less being angry and enjoy the video there's no need for that silly carry on.

[@texasranger26]

One of the most amazing videos I've ever had the pleasure of viewing. Thanks for sharing.

[@BrendanCalls1]

One of the greatest things I've ever seen. Who could not be in awe of the scale and power of our universe.

[@SamWSmith]

Very beautiful video! Thanks for making it! I can't even imagine how much time and effort you guys have put on this!

[@kylebilenki]

As usual, the cosmos have shown us something that no special effects team could have. Truly awesome!

[@solovoldo]

You can actually see the gravity pulling the flames back in. This never gets old

[@parashorea]

Mostly not gravity, rather magnetic fields affecting charged plasma

[@amandasstudies]

awesome

[@Aerial.nicole_]

This video is absolutely amazing! The music was wonderful and the visuals were stunning. It just goes to show how incredible the universe is

[@Arjetube]

What an astonishing amd detailed view of the sun Nasa gave us. We would never know how the sun works without science and research. You can clearly see the fluidic properties of hot plasma. I love watching these prominences arising and finally decaying... again and again... its just like life, isnt it?

[@Banstick]

Cory Thompson Very true. I'm happy that more people are realizing that science doesn't know nearly as much as the public thinks it does, especially about Sol (and space in general). It's all grasping in the dark and cutting puzzle pieces in order to fit them together into the big picture. The Electric Universe model is eclipsing all the rest, but it's still off-base. Just like we all are.

[@KrassoSzoreny]

Banstick The neat thing about theories of the Universe is how they can be very right and very wrong simultaneously.

[@themaddoofer2417]

Cory Thompson like if plot twist, it was actually all created by a "god". some of those people who hold scientists on a pedestal would lose their minds ha.

[@dvklaveren]

Well, I'm really glad that you let me watch your video, without forcing me to look at it through five-hundred color filters, zoomshots and panning shots. Because that would really treat me like someone who couldn't keep his attention for longer than 10 seconds. I appreciate that, NASA. EDIT: I really don't mean to be whiny about it (well, I do), but I just don't think it's neccesary to say that this is the "5-year Timelapse" if you don't show a version with minimal editing.

[@jimthebrit]

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. - Pablo Picasso Thanks NASA! You're some pretty amazing painters.

[@ServantOfTruthORG]

Sitting comfy in my chair witnessing something many in our past could have never contemplated in just a few minutes of my time....it was an honour. Only confirms for me the potential we have yet to be reveal to us now....Thanks guys for the not needed but confirming reminder.

[@CalebLeverett]

As a person who has been to jail (for being a good dad), I certainly appreciate this video. People held in prison seldom get to see/feel the sun.

[@Cr42yguy]

this is what (literally) keeps me warm

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

"Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!" -Mercury

[@ReelMediaStudios]

Glad you didn't listen when you were told not to stare at the sun. This is amazing!

[@downeybill]

who gives a thumbs down to the sun? seriously!

[@MichaelJ_94]

downeybill Vampires

[@Bashfulsson]

downeybill Conspiracy theorists who think we live inside a hollow Earth, and other nutcases.

[@michaelapel4658]

+downeybill Creatures of the night.

[@snusarnthor5782]

+downeybill People who installed their screens upside down.

[@YanurulAnwar]

+downeybill It's Justin Bieber fans.From where I read they hate everything but Justin Bieber. Any thumb down from all other videos seem to be credited to them too.

[@Blades11c]

Stars are the most beautiful self perpetuating engines ever designed. I stand in awe of the designer, and of their work.

[@snapjenk]

This is so beautiful, to me proof enough for the existence of Science !!

[@shuaige3360]

hehe! great comment !!

[@StreetlampPro]

After watching, I drew back the blinds on the window to my side. That same spot of light shining above our horizon is the same ball of beauty shown here. Kinda an interesting feeling. Space is awesome.

[@OdesaFilmStudio]

SUPER!!!! Respect NASA!!!!!

[@vapevizz533]

How can people seriously think that this is fake, I have never seen anything like this before, It makes me feel so small and obsolete.The Majesty, It is life, it is everything....

[@sparty01aa]

Incredible. Awesome. Speechless.

[@NobilisBellator]

The MOTHER of all Timelapse films. Sooooo impressive!

[@ErickWright]

Sun the giver of life, truly breathtaking!!!

[@BrianElsen]

anytime i need to feel humbled, i watch this video. Well done

[@fppenque]

Amazing images that I find fascinating. Thank you NASA....

[@theoneandonlymattp]

Seriously this is the most awe-inspiring video I have seen in a long time. It kind of hits home at the fact of how small we are in this vast empty space we know as the universe. It's also a pale reminder that I will never be clever enough to work and study at such places like NASA or affiliates but I have my trusty telescope and DSLR camera as a hobby.

[@liamdowd11]

Matt Porter lol you go achieve your dreams getto space dude

[@UFOvni2012]

very beautiful

[@abdelkaderkarim6980]

ufovni

[@reinaldoguimaraesferreira4368]

Yes, very beutiful! she is fake, too.

[@Richoutandtouch]

The best video I ever saw on KZbin . thank you NASA

[@dann462]

Amazing.

[@shuaige3360]

Thank you NASA, ESA, and all the space agency to push human forward, and make us see the beauty of our univers. Strongly support space exploration!

[@isauraleal8484]

Um sonho, não só pelo Sol esplendoroso mas também pela música que tão nobre é para a minha alma.Obrigada

[@Tenebrius1963]

Thank you NASA for sharing this gem.

[@YesTheory]

Wow.

[@HartTiller]

wow.

[@Gjallarhorn85]

Fascinating how something so real can look so fantastically unreal.

[@DerPhiL]

Can anyone name this awesome music of this stunning video?

[@swiessin]

The music is "Expanding Universe" and "Facing The Unknown", both from Killer Tracks.

[@sion-mycurlystylist3993]

swiessin Do you know who the are? I found "Facing the Unknown" but couldnt find "Expanding Universe"

[@swiessin]

Sion Gergov Search the track title on the Killer Tracks website. The album title is "Science" The album code is KT259 and "Expanding Universe" is the first track. The artists are Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony Navarro.

[@sion-mycurlystylist3993]

swiessin thanks!!!!

[@BlokeOnAMotorbike]

Wade Williams uh, that's not Darude and they never did a track called "Sunstorm" anyway, you're probably thinking of "Sandstorm" which is a trance/ambient piece, not an orchestral string piece.

[@dp4491]

By far, one of the coolest and most beautiful things I have ever seen

[@Papy57]

Du rêve, superbe :)

[@oklolmann]

This mission will elucidate how we could survive the last 3000 years. Thanks for the pictures.

[@Bayonettamachinekill]

this is really beautiful.

[@WindsorMason]

Definitely! Hmmm, now I want this for a screen saver :D

[@Nixu000]

I could listen to this song and watch this for the rest of my life. I'm so happy when i think that we haven't seen it all yet. Good job Nasa

[@theoneandonlymattp]

This is so beautiful, to me proof enough for the existence of Aliens !!

[@cesarnunez918]

LMAO Epic!

[@Proximate1]

why?

[@andythurman8713]

What an incredible piece of music aswell.......very uplifting and a marvel to listen to while watching the video in all its astounding awe

[@BrunoNuel]

C'est nous ! si si c'est nous ! il y a quelques milliards d'années , à l'état d'énergie, de plasma et de particules élémentaires avant que l'on se combine en bipède relativement intelligent ! :)

[@dlberker]

This actually produces a strong beautiful emotion. How can you not be impressed? Why are there any dislikes for this video!? Maybe it's the same people who believe the moon is really just a government conspiracy.

[@jeanmouloude]

WAT IZ TEH NAME OF DAH MUSIK ????

[@enogael]

+jean mouloude "Expanding Universe" and "Facing the Unknown" both from Killer Tracks. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11742

[@jeanmouloude]

enogael I love you i mean I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU !!!

[@enogael]

+jean mouloude Haha, de rien. I love you too ! (well virtually).

[@CognitiveOverdose]

It's so beautiful. Goes to show that there are many unseen beauties laying hidden from the earth.

[@crsvetteii1753]

Odd how a video like this triggers a discussion about a deity. In a reasoned world, it is but a testament (no pun intended) to advances in scientific understanding of our universe in which, quite remarkably, the sun, our solar system and indeed the galaxy are but mere specks. To infer the existence of a god (god of thunder? god of hydrogen explosions? god of this cosmic neighborhood?) from this physical phenomenon (versus innumerable others) is just silly.

[@Clenched.Cheeks]

This is divine to me. A 2nd generation star nurturing and mothering life on Earth that was given life itself by a larger start that went nova to produce the heavy elements that make up our bodies, planet, consciouness....just unreal.

[@VeeFour]

I wonder if all the God botherers spouting sentimental twap about this being the beautiful truth proving God's existence, would think so if the maker of this rather splendid video, had used Marilyn Manson's very excellent 'Cake And Sodomy' instead of the stirring and evocative suit of music that accompanies this superb footage. Our star Sol as beautiful and terrible as it is, is just one of Billions of such stars, which are in themselves just sparks and embers from the great creation of the universe. The Abrahamic religious texts have very little to say about the countless other stars out there, or the potentially infinitesimal number of other worlds that orbit around them. This is because the human authors of these texts, who compiled them to achieve their own selfish and controlling ends, knew nothing of them. They knew not that the points of light in the night sky were in fact other suns just like ours, and it was fortunate for them that they didn't, for how could you hope to shackle the minds of a free thinking race of beings, with dogma and superstition, if your subjects knew that along with the earth and everything contained therein, god also created all the other countless suns, planets, gas clouds, and everything else from the Electron to the super-massive black hole, in just 6 days. And where is God's plan for all these other worlds? No these things were never written down, because the ancient pre enlightenment minds who scripted these books, that have shackled our collective minds and retarded our collective development, knew nothing of them. Without God, this clip is still beautiful, and without God we can learn far more from the science behind these observations, and from the countless other scientific developments that only a few hundred years ago, would have left you to the mercy of the Inquisition's pliers and hot irons for even acknowledging their existence. Science can be beautiful, and like our Sun can be terrible too. I just wish that we as a race could leave behind the hatreds, greeds, superstitions and fears that have lead to science being used for terror, and instead direct our collective attention into the forging a glorious future for our race. It's a beautiful dream isn't it?

[@alexarna]

Well said.

[@AeonzAgaze]

Alexarna, i agree. lol, Very much so.

[@IDeicus]

Really good experience to listen 'Cake And Sodomy' with this video :D Thank you for the idea ;) And of course: Ni Dieu ni maître !

[@user-wr6vs4ox5m]

умница! молодец!

[@user-wr6vs4ox5m]

VeeFour - молодец! умница!

[@YLafayette]

cette vidéo a 2 ans et je ne me lasse pas de la revoir :) magnifique.

[@Neueregel]

*ΤHE SUN !! DEAR SOLAR HYDROGEN AND SOLAR HELIUM ATOMS, THANKS FOR THE FREE ENERGY !! YOU'RE MOST WELCOMED*

[@vikramrulesrox]

What an incredible time to be alive...

[@misaki456]

Amazingly, the sun is beautiful watching closely. * u *

[@eismarille]

Thank you so much NASA and SDO Team :)

[@onthewater59]

Next to my family good friends Google+ the noon with the lord .. Here she is brilliant majestic she sparkles and she has eyes of diamonds here is that beautiful girl

[@VektusAlvoraan]

This is absolutely mindblowing. Also, the music makes me feel so powerful...

[@Soushibo]

Obejrzałem do końca, czy teraz będę sikał w nocy?:(

[@RobertRFalk]

Spectacular! Kudos to the people who put this video together.

[@slsithw4]

The music makes this video all the more mesmerizing..

[@namingsway]

Thank you nasa for this spectacular footage

[@MosMezter]

How could anyone down vote this? This is incredible.

[@beepIL]

It boggles the mind to realize how tiny the earth is compared to these arches when they erupt, what a glorious sight....

[@Szaam]

Space is absolutely fascinating and absolutely terrifying at the same time.

[@joosvox29]

so, this is the star we are revolving around? terrible and ferocious, yet majestic and magnificent!!

[@Lexsed]

If you think about it, this is a next level stop-motion video.

[@kevinmc7993]

Heliophysic is very interesting subject. Perfect quality of video and flares are incredible.

[@IlonaBubik]

Köszönöm Zsi! Nagyon komoly értékes videó

[@jjchevallier]

I love that takes my breath. You can imagine your very very very small importance there in the Univers. I love the music too.

[@murilocello]

I don't know the reasons why, but I just could cry seeing all of this spetacular movement of heliophysics working, only incredible and wonderful, I am bloody of alive about it.

[@riellyalexander]

If anyone wants to know the first song is Expanding Universe and the second is Facing The Unknown both by Killer Tracks

[@EyeOnTheTV]

It should be a crime to watch this in 1080p. We need this in at least 4k.

[@Tangoexperts]

Thank you Nasa! It is fascinating to see the sun in such detail!

[@pvfinland]

Thank you, science and scientists!

[@KyleCulver]

Now just imagine what the inside would look like... this is very cool.

[@joebeestorytime]

I don't know about anyone else, but this terrifies me in the most incredible way possible.

[@Shadow_Wraith]

The sun is a real thing of beauty isn't it. I could watch footage like that for hours.

[@paulofreitas6539]

Images and sound complete the interesting work of scientists

[@JarJarbinkus]

Good job & still love "SDO" in 2019

[@TheIsolatedPhoenix]

This is absolutely beautiful, at every so moments i see beautiful ideas to turn that instant into a painting, it is just stunning

[@ddorman365]

Thank you NASA for the very beautiful video of our Sun, peace and love, Doug. PS I think it is my favorite so far.

[@tonyspilotro2598]

Beautiful video. Seeing the powerful magnetic field lines, and the crushing gravity of the Sun.

[@Eruptions_Solaires]

Superbe vidéo. La synchronisation entre les images et la musique est excellente.

[@random.fangirl9644]

This is so... Its just.... wow! I never would have thought the someing we see every day is soooooo beautiful! 😲😍😲😍😲😍

[@ivannp9363]

When i look at these grandest of things i can not but to feel lucky that i am here, that i exist. Most wanderous stuff.

[@YoussefBerrouard]

Incredible ! Space is very inspiring and terrifying in same time. Now, it's time to watch again Interstellar.

[@phyolintun5457]

I can watch this whole day long.

[@mczenk5095]

Simply breathtaking.

[@error_404_unknown]

Wonderful music and breathtaking images! Thank u, NASA!

[@FedericoCappelli]

BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR!

[@LukaszOsiak]

This movie is awsome! Not only interesting but stunningly beautiful.

[@rphttech4520]

that last sun image should be on shirts! I also now need to have it on a poster for my room.

[@zoogoober]

This is very literally the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Thank you.