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Our Sun – A Very Cool Thing

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Provides X-Ray and ultraviolet immages of the Sun.

The $865 million project equipped the semi-autonomous SDO craft to orbit the sun for five years, sending back advanced data about the life-giving star. Among the data retrieved are these photos images, which picture the light thrown off by the star at wavelengths not typically visible to the human eye.

These x-ray and ultraviolet images give a unique perspective and help scientists understand the internal motion of the giant ball of burning gas.

Read more and see more photos at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/02/nasas-solar-dynamics-obse_n_991173.html#s383733&title=The_Sun_via

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