Summer Sun from SDO: Eruption and Coronal Loops on the Solar Limb

  • Released Thursday, February 11, 2016
  • Updated Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:39AM
  • ID: 4323

HD1080 movie of the Sun in the AIA 304 angstrom filter. Note the coronal loop structures on the lower right limb.

A prominent eruption off the lower right limb of the Sun, June 18, 2015, followed by some complex coronal loop evolution.

HD1080 movie of the Sun in the AIA 171 angstrom filter. Note the coronal loop structures on the lower right limb.

The Sun in the AIA 171 angstrom filter.  Note the coronal loop structures on the lower right limb.

The Sun in the AIA 171 angstrom filter. Note the coronal loop structures on the lower right limb.

The Sun in the AIA 304 angstrom filter.  Note the eruption on the lower right limb.

The Sun in the AIA 304 angstrom filter. Note the eruption on the lower right limb.



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SDO AIA 171 (A.K.A. 171 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER
SDO AIA 304 (A.K.A. 304 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER

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