# First Light of the Solar Dynamics Observatory

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-light-of-the-solar-dynamics-observatory/536921>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 21, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-light-of-the-solar-dynamics-observatory/536921 "2010-04-21T21:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-light-of-the-solar-dynamics-observatory/536921/1 "2010-04-21T21:30:42Z")

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Not exactly mundane, but had to share:

[http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/firstlight/](http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/firstlight/)

[This quicktime movie](http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2010/04/21/30mar10_prom_304_quicktime.mov) is particularly amazing.

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**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-light-of-the-solar-dynamics-observatory/536921/2 "2010-04-23T16:35:20Z")

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All those videos are amazing.