The Fast X4 Flare from February 2014
The Sun launches a fast X-ray flare in late February 2014 and is seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The eruption sends a bright ribbon of plasma off the limb of the Sun.
The X-flare eruption seen in the SDO/AIA 13.1nm filter.
The X-flare eruption seen in the SDO/AIA 17.1nm filter.
The X-flare eruption seen in the SDO/AIA 30.4nm filter.
The X-flare eruption seen in the SDO/AIA 160.0nm filter.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, the SDO Science Team, and the Virtual Solar Observatory.
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Project support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Scientist
- William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, February 11, 2015.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:04 AM EST.
Missions
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AIA 304 (304 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 677This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 171 (171 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 680This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 131 (131 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 730This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 1600 (1600 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 757This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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