One-Two Solar Punch
Two dramatic solar eruptions on the limb of the Sun, a day apart. Neither of the events were directed towards the Earth. We processed them because they are just so visually spectacular.
A small eruption from April 15, 2012.
The BIG eruption from April 16, 2012.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producers
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Datasets used
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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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Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
This page was last updated on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM EST.