Sun  ID: 11864

Phoenix Prominence Eruption

Released on May 1, 2015
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Edited video of a solar prominence seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on April 21, 2015.

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Over a six-hour period on April 21, 2015, NASA's Solar Dyanmics Observatory (SDO) observed a wing-like prominence eruption. SDO views the sun in various wavelegnths of the extreme ultravoilet, including 171 (shown in gold) and 304 (shown in orange) angstroms.

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Genna Duberstein (USRA):
Lead Producer
Lead Editor

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.):
Lead Data Visualizer

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
SDO

Goddard TV Tape:
G2015-042 -- Phoenix Prominence

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

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