Uploaded October 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Live action footage of the sun filmed from the Sacramento Peak Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico in 1956. There are prominence movies and other anomalies filmed in hydrogen light, acceleration between 250 and 500 X. For more historical items about researching the sun, check out our digital collections at bit.ly/ZELU5u
©UCAR. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Live action footage of the sun filmed from the Sacramento Peak Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico in 1956. There are prominence movies and other anomalies filmed in hydrogen light, acceleration between 250 and 500 X. For more historical items about researching the sun, check out our digital collections at bit.ly/ZELU5u
©UCAR. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
