The surface of the sun from October 14th to 30th, 2014, showing #sunspot AR 2192, the largest sunspot of the last two solar cycles (22 years). During this time sunspot #AR2191 produced six X-class and four M-class solar flares. The animation shows the sun in the ultraviolet 304 ångström wavelength, and plays at a rate of 52.5 minutes per second. It is composed of more than 17,000 images, 72 GB of data produced by the #solar dynamics observatory (sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/). The animation has been rotated 180 degrees so that south is up. The audio is the heartbeat of the sun, processed from #SOHO HMI data by Alexander G. Kosovichev. Image processing and animation by James Tyrwhitt-Drake.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 03:22:34 +0000
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