NASA | Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K)

It’s always shining, always ablaze with light and energy that drive weather, biology and more. In addition to keeping life alive on Earth, the sun also sends out a constant flow of particles called the solar wind, and it occasionally erupts with giant clouds of solar material, called coronal mass ejections, or explosions of X-rays called solar flares. These events can rattle our space environment out to the very edges of our solar system. In space, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, keeps an eye on our nearest star 24/7. SDO captures images of the sun in 10 different wavelengths, each of which helps highlight a different temperature of solar material. In this video, we experience SDO images of the sun in unprecedented detail. Presented in ultra-high definition, the video presents the dance of the ultra-hot material on our life-giving star in extraordinary detail, offering an intimate view of the grand forces of the solar system.

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Music tracks in the order they appear from the album Deep Venture
"Northern Stargazer"
"Negative Thermal Expansion"
"Photophore"
"Osedax"
"Retroreflector"
All tracks written and produced by Lars Leonhard

[Hoooman]

*When my dad was a child humans were just starting to figure out how to leave planet earth in hopes of discovering new things. I wonder how things will be when I'm a father and my kid is watching one of these videos. Good works NASA. Keep on exploring.*

[Ranger]

please don't ever take this video down. i have every intention of watching this when i'm 70+ years old. i wish to watch this video at that time, and remind myself of the love and curiosity i will have once had.

[hansweichselbaum]

What I find most amazing is that this complex thing we call sun has been so stable. For billions of years it has been bubbling chaotically like that, but with a fairly constant energy output.

[SABinsanity]

Each bright spot is an explosion bigger than our earth... Amazing

[DonnyDealer]

This is our star. There are many others like it, but this one is ours. Our star is our best friend. It gives us life.

[isaacnewtonstolemyjoy]

There's always something breathtaking when it comes to space photography. Makes me feel so small yet so lucky to even be able to experience just a sliver of space.

[ExNihil]

NASA's got some good taste in music.

[pensourcegamer]

Most comments are praising the Sun, but what about giving credit to NASA? They did amazing, AMAZING work. I never saw such footage before.

[ieshue]

Thank you NASA for accomplishing many things that most of us haven’t dedicated our lives to but still like to experience. This is hands down the most mesmerizing thing I’ve ever experienced with my own eyes. And nothing can ever top this.

[SEMPERFI]

Incredible. I love seeing how plasma flows through electromagnetic fields.

[IGameChangerI]

"If only I could be so grossly incandescent."

It's a quote from a game, but it perfectly encapsulates what I feel about the sun. It's hard not to ascribe any emotions to her radiant and erratic nature. We should all aspire to be as luminous as the sun.

[SLVMBERs]

I'm letting it buffer for 5-6 minutes, watching about 9 glorious seconds, then it's time for more buffering. Thanks AT&T.

[Lync]

If my calculations are correct that was ≈300 hours of work to produce this

Hats off to the hardworking men and women of NASA.

[bigdog]

This is one of the best things on the internet. Staring at this huge beautiful ball of energy rotate and do it's thing puts a lot of the problems in my life into perspective. Thanks so much.

[SynfulShadows]

I always thought the Sun was a giant circle with a happy face on it. Man, was I wrong.

[daanigarda]

This is our star. There are many like it, but this one is ours.

[Cozy.Mood.B]

Our Sun is a pretty chill Star. Very calm and stable. <3333 We love you, Sun Thank you to everyone who put in all this tremendous work and created this for all of us. Thank you for this beauty <333

[NjoyMoney]

04:14 2 guy climbing the sun :D top of the sun

[GERRaze]

The sun always shines on TV... I've made this my desktop background. The people of NASA are awesome!

[ajn]

Thanks to all the talented scientists at NASA! Incredible!