The M7 Flare of October 2, 2014, seen from SDO

  • Released Wednesday, February 11, 2015
  • Updated Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 11:20AM
  • ID: 4225

Just before solar rotation carries it over the solar limb (as seen from SDO), an active region launches an impressive M7 flare (lower right limb). A large amount of solar plasma is also launched into space and we observe some of the material falling back onto the Sun.


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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, the SDO Science Team, and the Virtual Solar Observatory.


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Datasets used in this visualization

SDO AIA 131 (A.K.A. 131 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER 2014-10-02T16:30 - 2014-10-02T21:30
SDO AIA 171 (A.K.A. 171 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER 2014-10-02T16:30 - 2014-10-02T21:30
SDO AIA 304 (A.K.A. 304 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER 2014-10-02T16:30 - 2014-10-02T21:30

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