Dawning of A New Day on Dec. 22, 2012

Dec. 21, 2012 was not the end of the world, contrary to some of the common beliefs out there. NASA's SDO satellite captured this image of the SUN on 12-22-12 at 00:14 UTC as the time rolled over into the new day.

To learn more about why the world did not end yesterday, watch this Science @ NASA video: youtu.be/2wimiRUHMI4 or visit www.nasa.gov/2012

Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project

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