Plasma Rain
April 28, 2010 9:47 PM Subscribe
Dear NASA,
1. These films are beyond-words cool
2. Streeeeeeeam.
3. DO NOT RELEASE YOUR PUBLICLY FUNDED DATA IN A PROPRIETARY APPLE FORMAT
Thanks,
Clark
posted by clarknova at 10:03 PM on April 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
1. These films are beyond-words cool
2. Streeeeeeeam.
3. DO NOT RELEASE YOUR PUBLICLY FUNDED DATA IN A PROPRIETARY APPLE FORMAT
Thanks,
Clark
posted by clarknova at 10:03 PM on April 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
P.S.
4 .Notice how the solar magnetic field twists the plasma rain at about 0:27? That's Awesome. More of that.
5. Whose hair is on the CCD? Are we going to have to see that for the entire life of the mission? Should we name it?
posted by clarknova at 10:10 PM on April 28, 2010 [7 favorites]
4 .Notice how the solar magnetic field twists the plasma rain at about 0:27? That's Awesome. More of that.
5. Whose hair is on the CCD? Are we going to have to see that for the entire life of the mission? Should we name it?
posted by clarknova at 10:10 PM on April 28, 2010 [7 favorites]
That's beautiful stuff.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:15 PM on April 28, 2010
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:15 PM on April 28, 2010
...chance of heat balls...
posted by cthuljew at 10:25 PM on April 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by cthuljew at 10:25 PM on April 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
*Gets can of compressed air*
*Goes into space to blast dust of CCD*
*Forgets space suit, almost dies*
*Goes back to bed*
posted by dirigibleman at 10:50 PM on April 28, 2010
*Goes into space to blast dust of CCD*
*Forgets space suit, almost dies*
*Goes back to bed*
posted by dirigibleman at 10:50 PM on April 28, 2010
Dear NASA,
6. I'm thinking soundtrack. Maybe O Fortuna or something suitably grave by Clint Mansell.
posted by lekvar at 11:22 PM on April 28, 2010
6. I'm thinking soundtrack. Maybe O Fortuna or something suitably grave by Clint Mansell.
posted by lekvar at 11:22 PM on April 28, 2010
These SDO videos are blowing my fucking mind. I'll never look at consider the sun in the same way ever again.
All the previous imagery makes the "surface" of the sun appear much more smooth and homogeneous, less violent and chaotic, which was already pretty chaotic. The SDO imagery reveals it as it is - an incredibly violent, chaotic ball of burning ball of fusion and nuclear plasma that will totally fuck your shit up if you don't watch yourself. Seriously. Don't be frontin'. The sun will know. The sun is a stone cold motherfucker.
Hey, at least NASA isn't using RealMedia anymore.
posted by loquacious at 4:17 AM on April 29, 2010 [3 favorites]
All the previous imagery makes the "surface" of the sun appear much more smooth and homogeneous, less violent and chaotic, which was already pretty chaotic. The SDO imagery reveals it as it is - an incredibly violent, chaotic ball of burning ball of fusion and nuclear plasma that will totally fuck your shit up if you don't watch yourself. Seriously. Don't be frontin'. The sun will know. The sun is a stone cold motherfucker.
Hey, at least NASA isn't using RealMedia anymore.
posted by loquacious at 4:17 AM on April 29, 2010 [3 favorites]
-ball of. I'm not supposed to be awake.
posted by loquacious at 4:19 AM on April 29, 2010
posted by loquacious at 4:19 AM on April 29, 2010
The black "hair-like object" is a speck of dust on the CCD camera.
(In Eric Cartman voice) "Son-of-a-BITCH!"
posted by ZenMasterThis at 4:21 AM on April 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
(In Eric Cartman voice) "Son-of-a-BITCH!"
posted by ZenMasterThis at 4:21 AM on April 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
So, my question, is that in real time? If so, how fast is that projection moving back to the sun.
Oh, and that was pretty awesome (except for the pube on the lens..., that the danger with close-ups).
posted by qwip at 5:24 AM on April 29, 2010
Oh, and that was pretty awesome (except for the pube on the lens..., that the danger with close-ups).
posted by qwip at 5:24 AM on April 29, 2010
qwip, as mentioned on the article: "The movie, recorded on April 19th, spans four hours of actual time". So it's 450 times quicker then real-time.
posted by Static Vagabond at 6:13 AM on April 29, 2010
posted by Static Vagabond at 6:13 AM on April 29, 2010
damn, Sun.
posted by wreckingball at 7:00 AM on April 29, 2010
posted by wreckingball at 7:00 AM on April 29, 2010
So, my question, is that in real time?
Not quite. The sun does a full rotation about once every 25 days. The rotation over the course of the film looks like about 2 degrees. So with everything rounded off this event lasted maybe 3 hours.
posted by clarknova at 7:20 AM on April 29, 2010
Not quite. The sun does a full rotation about once every 25 days. The rotation over the course of the film looks like about 2 degrees. So with everything rounded off this event lasted maybe 3 hours.
posted by clarknova at 7:20 AM on April 29, 2010
Sun, I am NOT dissapoint.
posted by The otter lady at 8:12 AM on April 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The otter lady at 8:12 AM on April 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
So it's 450 times quicker then real-time.
Well, that explains why they used quicktime then.
posted by FatherDagon at 10:08 AM on April 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
Well, that explains why they used quicktime then.
posted by FatherDagon at 10:08 AM on April 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
"The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a giant Nuclear furnace..."
posted by PROD_TPSL at 10:37 AM on April 29, 2010
posted by PROD_TPSL at 10:37 AM on April 29, 2010
qwip, as mentioned on the article
Thanks, Static Vagabond. I missed that as, for some weird reason, the link originally took me straight to the movie, sans article.
posted by qwip at 3:16 PM on April 29, 2010
Thanks, Static Vagabond. I missed that as, for some weird reason, the link originally took me straight to the movie, sans article.
posted by qwip at 3:16 PM on April 29, 2010
Wow, man. I just totally flashed on Raiders of the Lost Ark, dude!
posted by Twang at 4:25 PM on April 29, 2010
posted by Twang at 4:25 PM on April 29, 2010
Here's a Youtube link to the movie. Watch it in "HD" (grrr) and full screen.
Whose hair is on the CCD? Are we going to have to see that for the entire life of the mission?
The fundamentally great thing about SDO is that the various instruments are all monitoring the entire visible surface of the sun (not optically pointed and zoomed in on one spot), have far higher spatial resolution (i.e. pixels), and have far higher temporal resolution (i.e. framerate). You can get the details at the SDO website.
But this means that they just let the machine crank away watching the sun, live, and then when something happens they can rewind and digitally zoom in and give us the mind blowing movie.
So, no, that hair is just really annoying because that's where they zoomed in.
SDO getting launched and commissioned successfully is a pretty big deal for heliophysics.
Yay science!
posted by intermod at 9:31 PM on April 29, 2010
Whose hair is on the CCD? Are we going to have to see that for the entire life of the mission?
The fundamentally great thing about SDO is that the various instruments are all monitoring the entire visible surface of the sun (not optically pointed and zoomed in on one spot), have far higher spatial resolution (i.e. pixels), and have far higher temporal resolution (i.e. framerate). You can get the details at the SDO website.
But this means that they just let the machine crank away watching the sun, live, and then when something happens they can rewind and digitally zoom in and give us the mind blowing movie.
So, no, that hair is just really annoying because that's where they zoomed in.
SDO getting launched and commissioned successfully is a pretty big deal for heliophysics.
Yay science!
posted by intermod at 9:31 PM on April 29, 2010
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Seriously tbough, once this loaded--baller. The sun is a bad motherfucker.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:59 PM on April 28, 2010