Sun in 3 Dimensions

From Earth, the Sun looks like a yellow ball of dazzling. Despite displays the different faces, the photographs taken by satellites of the sun is still two-dimensional space.

And, on Sunday, February 6, 2011 proved: The sun-shaped ball. Satellites of the U.S. space agency (Nasa) managed to take pictures of the Sun in three dimensions.

"This is the first time we could see human activity as a whole in three dimensions," said Angelos Vourlidas, STEREO scientist at the Naval Laboratory, Washington, DC, as NASA's site is loaded.

This, he added, was a major event in the field of solar physics. "STEREO reveals the real face of the Sun - hot ball of plasma with a magnetic field similar to weave intricate," he added.

NASA satellites transmit two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) into two positions are opposite the Sun. Each 180-degree sun taking photos. Two images were then combined into one, forming a glowing red ball.
To release it into the public, NASA chose the time that coincides with the momentum at Greenbay Packers Superbowl game against the Steelers.

By looking at the overall picture of the Sun is expected to play a role in monitoring the Earth's weather. Also believed to help terwujudknya human dream to send a fleet of explorers throughout the solar system sky. To view the whole video here see the Sun

STEREO was launched in 2006, his job was to track the flow of energy and matter the Sun to the Earth. These satellite images also provide the Sun-Earth system that is unique and revolutionary. The mission took the picture complete the Sun in three dimensions has been done since 2007.

In 2009, the twin STEREO managed to take pictures of structures in the corona solar eruptions (coronal mass ejections) that is believed to negatively affect the Earth. Expected 2013, incident solar storm is expected to disrupt communications, navigation, satellite, and generating electricity on Earth. STEREO built and designed by scientists from several countries, the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

To the Telegraph, the British scientist Dr Chris Davis is involved in the project said the work of the two STEREO satellites were very satisfactory. "I am very happy this step, I imagine in the future, observing the Sun will be more unique."

Meanwhile, in The Guardian, scientists Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, Richard Harrison said the results of STEREO images will change the perception people have of the Sun.

"The sun is not yellow circle like a lot of people think," he said. "It's very complex, with three-dimensional picture, the essence to how it works," he said.