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Here’s why the sun shimmers like a disco ball in this timelapse

Posted at 6:21 PM, Feb 13, 2015
and last updated 2015-02-13 18:21:49-05

NASA released a timelapse of the sun that was created using images taken over a five year period.  The images were released to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which launched on Feb. 11, 2010.

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This time-lapse video captures one frame every 8 hours starting when data became available in June 2010 and finishing Feb. 8, 2015.

According to NASA, the different colors represent the various wavelengths (sometimes blended, sometimes alone) in which SDO observes the sun.

To learn more about SDO,click here.

Couldn’t you just stare at this all day?!

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