Thursday, February 18, 2010

Cool Movie: Solar Dynamics Observatory Destroys a Sundog

NASA Science News for February 18, 2010

NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory amazed onlookers last week when it flew past a sundog and destroyed it. Videos of the event captured shock waves from the rocket billowing through the sundog, eliciting cries of delight and amazement from the crowd below.

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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/18feb_coolmovie.htm?list894285

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Also I did a little searching around and found this video of the luanch that LittleSDOHMI posted on YouTube. Watch for the shockwave at 1 minute and 46 seconds in to the video:



Cheers ~ Jim Cox

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