'X' Marks the Spot: SDO Observes a Reconnection Event

  • Released Monday, July 15, 2013
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This is the source data material for the main release of X Marks the Spot: SDO Sees Reconnection.

Frames were generated using the standard SDO AIA 131 Å color table and an enhanced version to reveal the finer details of the coronal loops, which are overly saturated in the standard color table ranges.

A standard HD movie of the SDO/AIA 131 Å dataset.

This set of 4Kx4K frames was generated using an enhanced AIA 131Å color table.

This set of 4Kx4K frames was generated using the standard AIA 131 Å color table.

Credits

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

This page was originally published on Monday, July 15, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.

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Imaging coronal magnetic-field reconnection in a solar flare

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