Image: Solar dynamics observatory shows sun's rainbow of wavelengths
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
This still image was taken from a new NASA movie of the sun based on data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, showing the wide range of wavelengths – invisible to the naked eye – that the telescope can view. SDO converts the wavelengths into an image humans can see, and the light is colorized into a rainbow of colors.