Before the Flare: AR1520 and Shimmering Coronal Loops
- Visualizations by:
- Tom Bridgman
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The sun emitted a large flare on July 12, 2012, but earlier in the week it gave a demonstration of how gorgeous solar activity can be. This movie shows the sun from late July 8 to early July 10 shortly before it unleashed an X-class flare beginning at 12:11 PM EDT on July 12 as captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Tom Bridgman (GST) [Lead]
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
Writer
- Karen Fox (ADNET)
Video editor
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
Missions
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This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:- None
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