Before the Flare: AR1520 and Shimmering Coronal Loops

  • Released Monday, July 16, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 8:07AM
  • ID: 11044

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).
Still of AR1520 in 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light.

Still of AR1520 in 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light.

4096x4096 full-disk image and video of sun in 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light.



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