Download NASA's Eyes. Cloud Streets Off of the Aleutian Islands. NASA. NASA Science. NASA Snaps the First 360-degree Image of the Sun - Technology News by ExtremeTech. A little more than four years ago, NASA launched a twin pair of spacecraft as part of their STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) mission.
The crafts traveled in opposite directions along the Earth’s orbit en route to positions on opposite sides of the sun. This past Sunday the two crafts reached their respective destinations and—for the first time—captured a 360-degree view of our local celestial heavy. The space agency is now being fed a steady stream of images of the sun from opposite sides that they are able to combine into 3D models.
The STEREO probes are specifically tuned to four wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet radiation which can be used to trace key aspects of solar activity such as solar flares, tsunamis, and magnetic filaments. Space. Amazing Space. NASA. Multimedia - Video Gallery.
Animation: Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation.