June 2013's 'Busy Sun'

  • Released Tuesday, February 11, 2014
  • Updated Friday, April 3, 2020 at 12:09PM
  • ID: 4089
June of 2013, near the maximum of solar cycle 24, while not extremely active from a solar flare perspective, presented a range of diverse phenomena. We have a couple of solar 'tornadoes' (the twisted protrusions off the limb of the Sun in upper and lower left quadrants), which we eventually see erupt material into space. There are also a number of coronal loops in active regions which are incredibly stable but still exhibit much fine detail.

Movie of a serene but still active Sun.

4Kx4K full-resolution frames of the above movie.

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SDO AIA 171 (A.K.A. 171 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER 2013-06-16T12:00 - 2013-06-17T15:00

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