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when you take a picture of the sky you

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might see this

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an overexposed bright white glare that

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we know as the sun

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in photos the sun appears white because

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it emits all the colors we can see at

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once

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our eyes can only see a narrow range of

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light known as the visible spectrum when

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they combine together they make white

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light

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invisible to the naked eye

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these are images from nasa's solar

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dynamics observatory or sdo

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it was launched in 2010 and has been

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observing the sun from space in a way

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that our eyes

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cannot sda uses instruments with special

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filters to see the sun in 10 different

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wavelengths of light including many that

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we can't see with our own eyes

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for us to see them scientists convert

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sda's data to colours we can see

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the different colors correspond to

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different temperatures and regions on

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the sun

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releases material that can travel across

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the solar system and affect our

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technology in space and on earth

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these wavelengths show us the sun's

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upper atmospheric layers at different

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temperatures

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this wavelength highlights filaments and

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these wavelengths highlight the corona

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the sun's atmosphere that is much hotter

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than the sun's surface

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and shows features like coronal loops

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and coronal holes

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the wavelengths here reveal the sun's

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active regions which have intense

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magnetic activity that sometimes give

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rise to eruptions

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these wavelengths can see the hottest

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being able to see constant movement of

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material on the sun and in its

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atmosphere can help scientists better

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understand how our sun behaves

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and how to track storms that might

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affect our satellites and astronauts in

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space or communications on earth