NASA's Illuminate Series (2025)

  • Released Tuesday, February 11, 2025

NASA's Illuminate is a video series about out-of-this-world images that shine light on our Sun and solar system.

A Kaleidoscope Sun

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been watching the Sun for 15 years — and this spacecraft sees much more than meets the eye!

SDO’s 10 imaging channels capture visible, ultraviolet, and extreme ultraviolet light, helping scientists study solar material at a range of different temperatures. Together, they reveal a prismatic picture of our ever-changing star.

Video Credit: NASA/Lacey Young

Music Credit: “Awakening” by Nicholas Smith [PRS] via Universal Production Music

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An EPIC eclipse view

An EPIC eclipse view, indeed!

NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, or EPIC, captured this footage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. From its vantage point on the DSCOVR satellite roughly 1 million miles away from Earth, EPIC reveals the impressive scale of the Moon’s shadow: It stretched 115 miles across and raced across the U.S. at over 2,000 miles an hour.

Video Credit: NASA/Joy Ng

Music Credit: "Leaves and Light" by Evan William Conway [ASCAP] via Universal Production Music

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM EDT.


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