# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BmrLubwHX1G
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735027-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/30e661dfe3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-08-19T20:59:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Our Sun. It's a dynamic place. Here, is a computer model that generates a view of the Sun's magnetic field, allowing scientists to better monitor active regions and understand how solar material courses around the Sun's surface. Using real-time data taken from our Solar Dynamics Observatory on August 10, 2018, we see a bright active region right at the central area of the Sun. It clearly shows a concentration of field lines, as well as the small active region at the Sun's right edge, but to a lesser extent. Magnetism drives the dynamic activity near the Sun's surface.

The observatory helps us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. 
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory
#nasa #space #solar #observatory #sdo #sun #solarsystem #active #loops #star #line #lines #picoftheday #pictureoftheday

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sdo, solarsystem, line, solar, pictureoftheday, sun, observatory, active, nasa, lines, picoftheday, star, space, loops

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