Sun  ID: 4202

August 24, 2014: Magnificent M-flare

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on February 11, 2015
M-flares are not the most powerful flares the Sun can emit, but sometimes even they can exhibit visually exciting behavior.

Here we show the lead-up to an M-flare which lauches a large amount of plasma into space. The eruption takes place starting around 12:00 UTC and launches over the next 15 minutes. But stay with it, and you'll also see some of the plasma falling back towards the Sun around 13:50 UTC.
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The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 131 angstrom filter.
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The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 171 angstrom filter.
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The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 304 angstrom filter.
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The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 131 angstrom filter. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames.
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The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 171 angstrom filter. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames.
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The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 304 angstrom filter. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames.
 

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Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Mission:
SDO

Data Used:
SDO/AIA/304 Filter also referred to as: AIA 304
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2014-08-24T07:45 to 2014-08-24T16:00
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SDO/AIA/171 Filter also referred to as: AIA 171
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2014-08-24T07:45 to 2014-08-24T16:00
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SDO/AIA/131 Filter also referred to as: AIA 131
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2014-08-24T07:45 to 2014-08-24T16:00
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Solar Dynamics Observatory: Year 5

Keywords:
SVS >> Solar Wind
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
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