{"id":45455,"date":"2020-09-20T07:33:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T11:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45455"},"modified":"2020-09-20T07:33:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T11:33:59","slug":"nasa-video-the-solar-cycle-as-seen-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/nasa-video-the-solar-cycle-as-seen-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Video: The Solar Cycle as seen from space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sun-solar-cycle-flare-e1600522905875.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45456\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sun-solar-cycle-flare-e1600522905875.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave (K4SV), who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z0uIcLZ5rh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this video<\/a> courtesy of NASA Goddard:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z0uIcLZ5rh8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Sun is stirring from its latest slumber. As sunspots and flares, signs of a new solar cycle, bubble from the Sun\u2019s surface, scientists are anticipating a flurry of solar activity over the next few years. Roughly every 11 years, at the height of this cycle, the Sun\u2019s magnetic poles flip \u2014 on Earth, that\u2019d be like the North and South Poles\u2019 swapping places every decade \u2014 and the Sun transitions from sluggish to active and stormy. At its quietest, the Sun is at solar minimum; during solar maximum, the Sun blazes with bright flares and solar eruptions. In this video, view the Sun&#8217;s disk from our space telescopes as it transitions from minimum to maximum in the solar cycle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fascinating! Thanks for sharing, Dave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave (K4SV), who shares this video courtesy of NASA Goddard: The Sun is stirring from its latest slumber. As sunspots and flares, signs of a new solar cycle, bubble from the Sun\u2019s surface, scientists are anticipating a flurry of solar activity over the next few years. Roughly every 11 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,810],"tags":[1672,7837,4107,3291],"class_list":["post-45455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-space-weather","tag-nasa","tag-solar-cycle","tag-space-weather","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bP9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44105,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/nasas-sdo-produces-a-10-year-time-lapse-video-of-the-sun\/","url_meta":{"origin":45455,"position":0},"title":"NASA\u2019s SDO produces a 10 year time-lapse video of the sun","author":"Thomas","date":"July 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ahmet (KD2AQU), who shares the following item from NASA: As of June 2020, NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory \u2013 SDO \u2013 has now been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. 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All week long, it has been strangely quiet, producing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sunspots-070723-500LR-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sunspots-070723-500LR-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sunspots-070723-500LR-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38245,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/planetary-orbits-may-influence-11-year-solar-cycle\/","url_meta":{"origin":45455,"position":4},"title":"Planetary orbits may influence 11-year solar cycle","author":"Thomas","date":"June 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares this interesting article via Space.com: The orbits of Venus, Earth and Jupiter may explain the sun's regular 11-year cycle, a new study suggests. 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