Solar Tsunamis - View with a Spin
Push-in to a region of the Sun to witness a 'solar tsunami' after a flare event. The tsunami moves hot gas (bright) out of the region, revealing cooler regions (darker) below. This view rotates on the push-in to keep the region of the flare event visible (to the left in the final frame).
Closeup view of the tsunami (with rotation)
A view of the Sun before the event.
Close-up TRACE field-of-view as the wave moves across the image.
The wave has passed, and the region behind it is darker.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Craig DeForest (SwRI)
- Meredith Wills-Davey (SwRI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, March 8, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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SOHO/EIT [SOHO: Extreme-UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)]
ID: 94This dataset can be found at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov
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[TRACE]
ID: 106The TRACE satellite views the Sun at ultraviolet wavelengths with high temporal (approximately 1-12 seconds) and spatial (1 arcsecond per pixel) resolution. Launched on April 2, 1998, it orbits the Earth in a Sun-synchronous orbit.
This dataset can be found at: http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/trace/
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Continuum [SOHO: Michelson Doppler Interferometer (MDI)]
ID: 619This dataset can be found at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov
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