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'Bastille Day' Flare Animation
Fly-in of TRACE full sun image to the flare location. Fade to a model of the field lines with a magnetogram of the solar surface. Pull back out to display a movie of flare images. This version uses lens flares to illustrate matter motion along the field lines.

Zoom in on the Sun to show the flare region.    Zoom in on the Sun to show the flare region.
Duration: 25.0 seconds
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TRACE image close-up on the region of the flare    TRACE image close-up on the region of the flare

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Model of the field lines around the flare region. Bright spots represent plasma moving along the field lines.    Model of the field lines around the flare region. Bright spots represent plasma moving along the field lines.

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Animation Number:1168
Animators:Tom Bridgman (Lead)
 Greg Shirah
Studio:SVS
Completed:2000-06-13
Scientist:G. Aulanier (Naval Research Laboratory)
Instrument:TRACE
Data Collected:1998/07/14
Series:TRACE
Video:SVS2000-0010 *
Keywords:
SVS >> Coronal Loop
SVS >> Solar Active Region
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Sun
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
Science paper:Aulanier, G., DeLuca, E.E., Antiochos, S.K., McMullen, R.A., & Golub, L. 2000, Astrophysical Journal, 540, 1126
 
 
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