TRACE Ultraviolet View of January 20, 2005 Solar Flare

  • Released Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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AR 10720 in the TRACE 1600 angstrom band.

Proton hits now fill the field-of-view.

Proton hits now fill the field-of-view.

The footpoint regions of the coronal loops are bright at thtector is becoming saturated.

The footpoint regions of the coronal loops are bright at thtector is becoming saturated.

TRACE ultraviolet view of AR 10720

TRACE ultraviolet view of AR 10720

Once the protons have passed, we now see the coronal loop structures.

Once the protons have passed, we now see the coronal loop structures.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Thanks also to others who provided data and consultations: Karl Battams (NRL), Brian Dennis (NASA/GSFC), Sam Krucker (University of California at Berkeley)

This page was originally published on Tuesday, May 24, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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