April 2012 Solar Flare & Eruption

  • Released Wednesday, February 11, 2015
  • 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.
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.



Credits

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, the SDO Science Team and the Virtual Solar Observatory.


Missions

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Series

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Datasets used in this visualization

SDO AIA 171 (A.K.A. 171 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER
SDO AIA 304 (A.K.A. 304 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER

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