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‘New Way of Looking at the Sun’: See It in ‘Extreme Ultraviolet Light’ to Show Solar Plasma

May. 25, 2012 11:00pm Liz Klimas

NASAs Incandescent Sun Video Shows Corona in Extreme Ultraviolet Light

(Image: NASA screenshot)

Here is one of NASA’s latest videos of the surface of the sun — but it’s not just any video showing coronal mass ejections. This video was shot using a specific “extreme ultraviolet light” to best showcase the plasma in the sun’s atmosphere, also known as the corona.

The corona reaches 600,000 Kelvin. In case you have forgotten sophomore chemistry, 273.16K is equivalent to 32.02 degrees F. To figure out the equivalent of Kelvins to degrees Fahrenheit an you multiply Kelvins by (9/5) and then subtract 459. The temperature of the corona is 1,079,540.33 degrees F.

Check out the video, which Gizmodo describes as “our sun like you have never seen it before:”

According to NASA’s description, “there is no scientific value” to the image processing that was used to enhance the structures in this video, but “it does result in a beautiful, new way of looking at the sun.”

In the video, the loops you see are plasma “held in place by magnetic fields,” according to NASA. In visible light, these are considered sunspots.

(Image: NASA screenshot)

The images in this video were of the sun’s activity on Sept. 25, 2011.

This story has been updated for clarification.

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RightPolitically
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:32pm
No wonder we have Global Warming. OUCH, that looks hot!

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Iron_Wyll
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:23pm
Absolutely gorgeous. How anyone can doubt that Nature’s God exists is beyond me.

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- Uncaduncad
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:32pm
  Couldn’t agree more! In the words of Spock, “Fascinating…” :)
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:44pm
  I wonder what that spaceship that picked up Timmy on May 3rd would have looked like using this technology…
  
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- ImMadAsHell
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:19pm
  I’ll second that my friend
  
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- TheArbiter
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:12am
  that is EXACTLY what I think whenever i see a picture or a harlequin fetus! Praise God!
  
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liberalescheisskopf
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:17pm
I bet Barry sees this on a daily basis…….BTW, we know about TOTUS (Teleprompter of The United States), where is BOTUS (Bong of the United States)?

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cloudsofwar
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:01am
the liberals say all this happen by accident. the creation of GOD is undiniable. the mount st helen videos are more interesting. the 30 year span shows the earth healing itself. man caused global warming and is killing the planet? bullcrap.

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- Baddoggy
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:26am
  So true….Heavy on the Bullcrap.
  
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- TheArbiter
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:14am
  maybe, but it certainly isn’t ‘proof’ of the christian god. could just as well be a giant goldfish that lives in the center of the earth that created all life as we know it and does all of these wonderful things.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:38am
Nice of them to included how they went about this filtering technique.

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- TheArbiter
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:13am
  trust me, buddy. You cant put that filter on your canon powershot.
  
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qpwillie
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:42am
Most conservatives believe the universe was created by an intelligent first cause.
Those on the left believe Al Gore invented it.

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lel2007
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:05am
Global warming, radiation, skin cancer – Earth is under attack and your government is doing nothing about it! Send a message to Washington that the Sun must be destroyed, if not for us, for our children. Act now before it’s too late.

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- Baerlin
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:33am
  Thanks. You made me laugh out loud
  
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Sparhawk
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:17am
Just think — if the sun was invented in today’s U.S. regulatory climate, the government would ban it. It is, after all, an incandescent light source.

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- Stoic one
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:14am
  NO! NO! NO!
  
  It is an unshielded nuclear reactor, it MUST be shut down!
  
  Uh oh yea we cannot do that…. we would all die.
  
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- Sparhawk
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:52pm
  @ STOIC ONE: Nice. Sadly enough, with the idiots in our government, I’m surprised someone hasn’t introduced a bill in Congress to do just that. They think they can control everything else, so why not?
  
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Baddoggy
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:15am
According to NASA’s description, “there is no scientific value” to the image processing that was used to enhance the structures in this video, but “it does result in a beautiful, new way of looking at the sun.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In other words ther than job security this effort was a total waste of Taxpayer’s money….Total dribble that cost how many millions???????

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- Tigress1
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:51am
  I agree. While it was interesting and in a strange way, pretty, I derive just as much pleasure from looking at a flower and that is FREE! Liberals love to claim that you can’t put a price on knowledge (even though no knowledge was gained from this), but I say you can! I’d love to know how much this video cost us.
  
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- Quiata
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:28pm
  @Baddoggy Pssst….it’s “drivel” (not “dribble”, FYI).
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:04am
  I wonder how much “no scientific value” cost us. I say we fund a study to find out.
  
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- TheArbiter
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:17am
  yeah! Those stupid scientists! lets get them! All of that wasted money could have gone to Israel! Or everyone can just calm down and look at the miniscule NASA budget compared to everything else, such as social security, medicare, eternal warfare, etc. put things into perspective, people!
  
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antiprogressive
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:59am
So, being that there is no AIR on the sun –
is all this stuff in the video making any SOUND?

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- qpwillie
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:22am
  Of course it makes a sound. Didn’t you hear the piano-like music?
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:07am
  I’m pretty sure that this is more along the lines of “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” territory. But seriously, you do know that air is made up of gases right? The sun is a huge mass of gas, plasma, and maybe some liquid at the core under all that pressure. That said, sound waves travel through all matter so it wouldn’t matter if the sun were solid. It would still make sounds when masses were driven together and vibrated.
  
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moussiagilda
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:36am
Guys — at the momemt we have reached some incredibly uncomfortable heights right now. Call it the scorching noonday of the soul. Here there is pure truth, little laughter, and a
trace of bitterness.

Why did I speak so cruelly, so uncasually, so inhumanly to you, congressman from Janesville?

Because you do not sell out your country.

You

do

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sell

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country.

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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:05am
  Is there a doctor in the house?
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:41am
Hey Blaze, I enjoyed the living **** outa that, very cool, thank you for reminding me that there is no way all this is an accident ……. I appreciate the cool stories, but it was hard to watch the 80 yr old lady and the parachute incident, glad she was ok….wow !!! Great and safe memorial weekend o all ……

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- Gonzo
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:54am
  Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun, but mama…..That’s where the fun is.
  
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SurhanSurhan
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:31am
Allahu Akbar!

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- marine249
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:39am
  road apples
  
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- TSUNAMI-22
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:55am
  @ marine249
  
  road apples
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  What else could you expect from a horse’s ass? ;)
  
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- BOMUSTGO
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:55am
  Two Muslim men are sitting on a park bench when an 8-year-old walks past, and one turns to the other and says, “Wow, I bet she was hot in her day.”
  
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SovereignSoul
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:34am
The corona of the sun is only 2 one hundredths of a degree above freezing? (32.02 F) I’d have thought it would be much hotter. Perhaps it’s cooling at a much faster rate than we thought. The end is near?!

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- unrealistic
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:28am
  The sun is colder because of global warming. We should raise taxes immediatly. Its the only way to stop the sun from freezing.
  
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- DoomsdayProphet
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:29am
  no 1 kelvin=32.02 32.02×600000=
  
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- burnbabylon
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:40am
  600,000k X 9/5 + 32 =1080032f
  
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- burnbabylon
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:51am
  Subtract 273 from that 600,000
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:15am
  Okay people, apparently my fellow “Blazers” are ignorant of the Kelvin system. Let me explain. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 0 degrees on the Celsius scale. At 32 Fahrenheit and 0 Celsius, the temperature in Kelvin is 273.15 (not degrees though, just 273.15). At absolute zero, the temperature in Kelvin would be zero. You see, the Kelvin system is a shifting of the Celsius system so that instead of ice formation at sea level being the standard for 0, absolute zero is the standard for zero.
  
  So when they said the corona of the sun is 600,000 Kelvin, it would be 600,273.15 Celsius or more than a million degrees Fahrenheit. Not just above freezing.
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:20am
  Sorry, I should have subtracted that 273.15 from 600,000 to go from Kelvin to Celsius. So the number should be (600,000 – 273.15 =) 599726.85.
  
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RightInSoManyWays
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:33am
The explanation of the Big Bang sounds an awful lot like “Let there be light” to me. It seams funny to me that any time I try and debate a non-believer they just argue about religion and the Bible as opposed to the idea of God. I don’t believe every word in the Bible, just know that it’s a great guide to live your life by. Oh well, what do I know.

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- SgtB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:29am
  What I find funny about the big bang is how so many people ignorantly excuse the fact that the verse is infinitely large and that “the big bang” is one of many, not the only one. Unless you imagine ourselves as living inside of a glass aquarium, then you should realize that space is endless and goes on forever. Now, that said, there should be more than one “universe” if only consider our universe what we can observe and what was originally ejected from our big bang.
  
  I guess what I am trying to say is that even the “scientific” guys underestimate the vastness of our reality and are limited to a narrow view of the world. Just like the creationists that they argue. Personally, I believe that a God does exist and I base this off of the fact that I cannot possibly fathom how elements and molecules can transform from an inanimate mass into a sentient life like a human being. The thought that this could happen without a higher power is almost akin to philosophers thinking that frogs used to spring from rocks. I don’t believe in something from nothing basically.
  
  But mind you, I seriously doubt that any religion on this earth has it even close to right.
  
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rickc34
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:30am
Maybe the sun is the lake of fire mentioned in revelation where the wicked are cast forever.with the glory of God we will not need the sun for light . So maybe some of those liberal bible bashing scientist will get a real close look at the sun.

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- ScienceIsNotEvil
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:18am
  For a Christian you sure seam to delight in the pain of others…
  
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- TheArbiter
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:21am
  wow rick it sounds like you have a giant chip on your shoulder. you should pray to be a better christian. Meanwhile, the rest of us will go on without wishing for the torment of others to compensate for some personal weakness/failure. Have a great memorial day sir!
  
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HairRazor
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:35pm
just a glimpse into God’s immeasruable creation design.. The eye has not seen nor ear heard nor has entered into the heart of man, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him.

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EBL
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:33pm
Very cool (I mean hot) stuff.

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flat_top_particular_about_the_point_it_makes
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:27pm
I wonder what strange sun beings could produce such nice smoke? They must enjoy hot weather, it must be like a sauna in that place.

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BuddyBaker
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:24pm
Thanks Raj, Leonard and Sheldon for the great video, that was awesome. Oh and you too Howard.

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- CatB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:52am
  Bazinga
  
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BuddyBaker
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:22pm
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- jzs
  Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:47pm
  UV light outide what the human eye can detect isn’t mentioned in the Bible. It doesn’t exist. Nice try liberal scientist trying to invent and pretend that something exists in the world that is not in the Bible. God isn’t stupid, and if there were any important things, like evolution, or cancer causing UV light that were real and effected humans, it would be in the Bible, which is basically a science textbook and includes all you need to know about science.
  
  These guys might be able to sucker the liberals but if it’s not in the Bible it’s irreligious crap that will send you to the underworld. to be ruled for eternity by Hades (actually that’s Greek mythology, but you know what I mean, the Biblical equivalent).
  
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- 82dAirborne
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:02am
  Aside from the FACT that your post sounds like an angry second grader…..: Most of us understand that God & science can easily co-exist. Just explain the “Big Bang” (which I belive in) without God please. Waiting….. Still waiting…..
  
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- spikebu
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:00am
  @JZS…Sometimes your posts are thoughtful and thought provoking. Sometimes I laugh out loud. Then you go and post something like this. God and/or The Bible are not topics you should post on. You are completely clueless.
  
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- Jaycen
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:11am
  Spike, he’s just trying to be a sarcastic jerk.
  
  Thought provoking? Really? If you say so, friend. Please, though, in the future don’t feed trolls like JZS. You only encourage him to drag the comments off topic.
  
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- ScienceIsNotEvil
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:19am
  82dAirborne
  
  Then explain what created your deity.
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:34am
  @ Science is not evil, Please explain to us all how something came from nothing because whether or not you believe in God or are a strictly scientific mind, you believe that at some point, something sprung from nothing. Whether that something is God, the first life form, or matter itself, there is always a point when something springs from nothing in both arguments. So try not to sound so high and mighty about your beliefs because some day some where, someone will prove you wrong. And the same goes to creationists and bible thumpers.
  
  It is obvious to me that JZS was trying to sound like a moron through a tool we know as sarcasm just to elicit a response from everyone. And we can see it worked.
  
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- jzs
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:14am
  SgtB says, “It is obvious to me that JZS was trying to sound like a moron through a tool we know as sarcasm just to elicit a response from everyone. And we can see it worked.”
  
  SGTB, you are correct. You’re more perceptive than many here.
  
  As far as you metaphysical argument, you have a point and you expressed it well. Your understanding is rare for this website. Yes, what happened before the universe sprang into being, or at the moment the universe came to be, is unknown and probably unknowable .
  
  But here’s my question to you. Is it more believable that tiny bits of matter, quarks or whatever, sprang into existence, or an omniscient, omnipotent being? The second hypothesis is that an incredibly complex being was the starting point. That idea is that the universe began, not with simple things, but with the most complex being imaginable, one with infinite power and infinite knowledge. A being so powerful it can create matter, time and space. A being that goes on to create the Earth and humans to worship Him (and if they don’t, they’re in trouble). Doesn’t seem a little odd that God, one who could create the universe, with trillions of galaxies, would get ticked if some guy didn’t worship him?
  
  The alternative hypothesis is that a huge number of little bits of matter came from nowhere. That’s a simpler hypothesis.
  
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MCDAVE
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:21pm
Greenhouse gasses from cow flatulence cause this.. Ask Al Gore..need more carbon taxes

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- Jive Mickey
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:27am
  Al Gore needs a giant Carbon Footprint planted on his behind.
  
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BuddyBaker
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:21pm
Thanks Raj, Leonard and Shelton for the great video, that was awesome. Oh and you too Howard.

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82dAirborne
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:15pm
600,000 kelvin is 1079540.33F. NOT .02 degrees F above freezing!!!!

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:26am
  I guess they made a small goof. Either that or they are using Obama mathmatics. Still though, these pictures are incredible.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:57am
  Sounds like ALGORE math.
  
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- Cloth Stews
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:11am
  You are correct 82 and don’t forget: “It definitely is, and it’s a relatively new one. People think about geothermal energy – when they think about it at all – in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, ’cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot …” Al Gore
  
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- antiprogressive
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:55am
  Don’t rip on Al Gore.
  He CREATED Coronal Mass Ejection.
  
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merik59
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:10pm
Awesome. Like liquid helium on fire, man. I want to be cremated on the sun. I’m sure I won’t feel a thing after I’m dead.

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- moussiagilda
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:38am
  You’ll feel everything all along. From now on.
  
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