Sun  ID: 4066

SDO's Multi-wavelength View of a May 2013 Solar Flare

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on February 11, 2014
An active region on the left limb of the Sun launches a large flare and coronal material in this sequence from early May 2013.
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A view of the flare in the 13.1nm filter. The flare mode alters the exposure of the camera which results in some flickering in the exposure-adjusted images due to the changing relative levels of the noise. The bright vertical line through the flare is due to excess charge in the pixels receiving the flare leaking out through the readout line in the CCD. The 'waffle' pattern is also an artifact of the imaging system with bright events.
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In the filter for 17.1nm light, the flare is not as bright, but exhibits twisting hot plasma that erupts from the Sun.
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In the 30.4nm wavelength of the helium ion, we can see both the flare, as well as some of the ejected solar material.
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4Kx4K full resolution images. A view of the flare in the 13.1nm filter. The flare mode alters the exposure of the camera which results in some flickering in the exposure-adjusted images due to the changing relative levels of the noise. The bright vertical line through the flare is due to excess charge in the pixels receiving the flare leaking out through the readout line in the CCD. The 'waffle' pattern is also an artifact of the imaging system with bright events.
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4Kx4K full resolution images. In the filter for 17.1nm light, the flare is not as bright, but exhibits twisting hot plasma that erupts from the Sun.
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4Kx4K full resolution images. In the 30.4nm wavelength of the helium ion, we can see both the flare, as well as some of the ejected solar material.

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
SDO Science Team and the Virtual Solar Observatory: Scientist
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, the SDO Science Team, and the Virtual Solar Observatory.

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Mission:
SDO

Data Used:
SDO/AIA/304 Filter also referred to as: AIA 304
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2013-05-03T17:00:00 - 2013-05-03T19:30:00
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SDO/AIA/171 Filter also referred to as: AIA 171
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2013-05-03T17:00:00 - 2013-05-03T19:30:00
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SDO/AIA/131 Filter also referred to as: AIA 131
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2013-05-03T17:00:00 - 2013-05-03T19:30:00
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This item is part of this series:
Solar Dynamics Observatory: Year 4

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Solar Wind
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Hyperwall
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