SUN WATCHERS-ALERT- First time ever, we can watch solar activity in its full 3-dimensional glory!!

[Alesiah]

First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun

 

February 6, 2011: It's official: The sun is a sphere.

On Feb. 6th, NASA's twin STEREO probes moved into position on opposite sides of the sun, and they are now beaming back uninterrupted images of the entire star—front and back.

"For the first time ever, ," says Angelos Vourlidas, a member of the STEREO science team at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC.

NASA released a 'first light' 3D movie on, naturally, Super Bowl Sun-day

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/06feb_fullsun/

[Alesiah]

LOL, you would figure it would be unsafe if it's a NASA link..LOL LOL LOL

[Morris Levin]

Just in time for 3D TV. Watch the sun in 3D instead of a commercail during program breaks.

[Alex Cortes]

Geee, its round......never would have figured that...... do love the pictures though.