Monster Solar Filament Launch and CME
Launch of the filament at low cadence (36 seconds) as visible in the 304 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
A large filament of plasma erupted from the Sun in late August 2012. It was a structure that had 'hovered' over the solar surface for some time before finally being launched.
Here are two views of the event - a fast version, illustrating more of the before and after configuration, sampled every 15 minutes; and a slow version, focused around the details of the actual eruption.
Launch of the filament at low cadence (36 seconds) as visible in the 171 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
Launch of the filament at high cadence (15 minutes) as visible in the 304 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
Launch of the filament at high cadence (15 minutes) as visible in the 171 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
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Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Writer
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Technical support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
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AIA 304 (304 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 677This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 171 (171 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 680This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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Release date
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This page was last updated on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM EST.