Blue-Flame Plasma on the Face of the Sun

From NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. This video takes images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and applies additional processing to enhance the structures that are visible. The result is a beautiful, [...]

The Great Solar Mag Flip

From NASA Heliophysics. The number of sunspots increases and decreases over time in a regular, approximately 11-year cycle, called the sunspot cycle. The exact length of the cycle can vary. [...]

Planet of Altered States — Avatar Mashup

A mashed up and blended version of a recent series of NASA public service announcements featuring James Cameron and imagery from Avatar. The premise of Avatar, you’ll recall, was that [...]

Cloud Streaks & Ship Tracks

Satellites show air pollution may alter clouds and affect global temperatures. Ship exhaust contributes to this effect by leaving brights cloud trails in clean ocean air. The ship tracks are [...]

Russia Burning

The Russian fires of August 2010 left an estimated US$15 billion in damage. The causes of these widespread fires amount to a complex mixture of weather and human impacts on [...]