I don't know of one particular way to visualize all the bands. Sometimes at conferences you will see specialists' posters with composite views like the one you

I don't know of one particular way to visualize all the bands. Sometimes at conferences you will see specialists' posters with composite views like the one you linked. But usually they will show the individual bands separately, side by side. I think the colorings were chosen by the predecessor instrument to SDO/AIA, which was on SoHO, and they have just been retained. It's funny, I never thought to ask who came up with them, because AFAIK they are arbitrary. You need an expert to drive the MHD models. They are still in development, although you can find videos online. Incidentally, I notice there is a nice video showing the transit of Venus: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/latest/mpeg/latest_1024_0131_venus.mp4 http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/latest/mpeg/latest_1024_...