SDO's crazy-looking Sun due to Syzygy

The Sun, while a ' Eclipse' spacecraft of the Solar Dynamics Observatory seen slips behind Earth. Credit: NASA/SDO

It looks somewhat the Sun in the last pictures from the Solar Dynamics Observatory food - and in the last SDO videos, the Sun suddenly disappears! What is going on? Could it be aliens, Planet X, or the great Galactic ghoul? No, only orbital mechanics and Syzygy (a strand of the three celestial objects). At this time of year the Sun, Earth and the SDO spacecraft of geostationary satellite-up line, eclipses create spectacular Sun Earth Syzygencially. It explains the people of SDO:

"Twice in the year, SDO enters an Eclipse season where slips the spacecraft behind Earth for up to 72 minutes a day." In contrast to the crisp seen sharp shadow on the Sun during a Lunar Eclipse, Earth's shadow has a variegated due to its atmosphere, which blocked the sunlight to varying degrees depending on its density. Also can light from bright spots on the Sun undergo it, which is why extend low some solar features in Earth's shadow. "

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Here is a video sped-Up of what SDO looks from space:

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