Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This video shows Solar Orbiter's (https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter) view of the Sun's south pole on 16–17 March 2025, from a viewing angle of around 15° below the solar equator. This was the mission’s first high-angle observation campaign, a few days before reaching its current maximum viewing angle of 17°.
These data were recorded Solar Orbiter’s Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument. What you see is light of various wavelengths coming from different layers above the Sun's surface. From left to right, you see the chromosphere right above the Sun's surface, the transition region where the temperature rapidly increases, and three layers of the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona.
Each panel shows different temperatures of charged gas: hydrogen ions at 10 000 °C, carbon ions at 32 000 °C, oxygen ions at 320 000 °C, neon ions at 630 000 °C and magnesium ions at 1 000 000 °C.
Read the full story here: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_gets_world-first_views_of_the_Sun_s_poles
Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA. Solar Orbiter's Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument is a European-led facility instrument, led by the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) in Paris, France.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/SPICE Team, M. Janvier (ESA)
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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This video shows Solar Orbiter's (https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter) view of the Sun's south pole on 16–17 March 2025, from a viewing angle of around 15° below the solar equator. This was the mission’s first high-angle observation campaign, a few days before reaching its current maximum viewing angle of 17°.
These data were recorded Solar Orbiter’s Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument. What you see is light of various wavelengths coming from different layers above the Sun's surface. From left to right, you see the chromosphere right above the Sun's surface, the transition region where the temperature rapidly increases, and three layers of the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona.
Each panel shows different temperatures of charged gas: hydrogen ions at 10 000 °C, carbon ions at 32 000 °C, oxygen ions at 320 000 °C, neon ions at 630 000 °C and magnesium ions at 1 000 000 °C.
Read the full story here: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_gets_world-first_views_of_the_Sun_s_poles
Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA. Solar Orbiter's Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument is a European-led facility instrument, led by the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) in Paris, France.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/SPICE Team, M. Janvier (ESA)
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related.
Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website
#esa #SolarOrbiter #Sun
