April 2012 Solar Flare & Eruption

  • Released Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:50PM
  • ID: 4259

Full disk movie of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 171angstrom filter.

A large eruption occurs on the limb of the Sun (left upper quadrant) around time-stamp 17:33 hours. For the next several hours, material can be see falling back down to the solar surface.

Full disk movie of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 304 angstrom filter.

4Kx4K full resolution frames of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 171angstrom filter.

4Kx4K full resolution frames of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 171angstrom filter.

4Kx4K full resolution frames of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 304 angstrom filter.

4Kx4K full resolution frames of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 304 angstrom filter.

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