Sun  ID: 2961

Halloween Solar Storms from SOHO/EIT and SOHO/LASCO

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on July 8, 2004
This movie is a combination of SOHO/EIT at 195 angstroms as well as the LASCO/C2 and C3 cameras. At this scale we can see the flashes from solar flares in SOHO/EIT (green) and the subsequent coronal mass ejections in SOHO/LASCO/C2 (red) and SOHO/LASCO/C3 (blue). This movie is synchronized to play with animation IDs 2960 and 2959. For more information on how X-ray solar flares are classified (B, C, M, X), visit SpaceWeather.com.
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A movie showing two weeks of high solar activity from the SOHO satellite.
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A group of active regions come into view.
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The X17 event launches matter Earthward. The structures visible in the LASCO fields-of-view (red and blue) are outflows from earlier events.
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Solar protons from the Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) generate speckles in the CCD detectors of the SOHO cameras.
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The last big X-class flare as the active region rotates back to the far side of the Sun.

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Edward C. Stone (California Institute of Technology): Scientist
Carl E. Walz (NASA/HQ): Scientist
Thomas H. Zurbuchen (University of Michigan): Scientist
William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC): Writer
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NASA/ESA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
SOHO

Data Used:
SOHO/Large Angle Spectrometric COronagraph (LASCO)/C2 also referred to as: LASCO/C2
NASA and ESA - 2003/10/25T00:00:11-2003/11/07T23:48:35
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SOHO/Large Angle Spectrometric COronagraph (LASCO)/C3 also referred to as: LASCO/C3
NASA and ESA - 2003/10/25T00:00:11-2003/11/07T23:48:35
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SOHO/Extreme-UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)/195 Filter also referred to as: SOHO/EIT 195
NASA and ESA - 2003/10/25T00:00:11-2003/11/07T23:48:35
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This item is part of this series:
Halloween 2003 Solar Storms

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> SOHO
DLESE >> Space science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Active Regions
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
SVS >> For Educators
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> Visible Light Imaging
SVS >> Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> EUV Imaging

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0