NASA's Illuminate Series (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
Find the source imagery here.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producers
- Lacey Young (eMITS)
- Joy Ng (eMITS)
- Beth Anthony (eMITS)
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Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
This page was last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM EST.
Missions
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- ID: 14706
![Largest Sunspot in Almost a DecadeThis is the biggest sunspot we’ve seen in almost a decade!Sunspots are cooler, darker areas on the solar surface where the Sun’s magnetic field gets especially intense, often leading to explosive solar eruptions. This sunspot was so big that nearly 14 Earths could fit inside it! The eruptions from this sunspot resulted in the historic May 2024 geomagnetic storms, where the aurora borealis, or northern lights, were seen as far south as the Florida Keys.Video Credit: NASA/Beth AnthonyMusic Credit: “Chronicle of Time” by Guy Skornik [SACEM] and Elisabeth Skornik [SACEM] via Universal Production MusicFind the source imagery here.](/vis/a010000/a014700/a014706/Illuminate_LargestSunspot_thumbnail.png)
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