Sun  ID: 4909

Monster Solar Filament Launch and CME

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on June 18, 2021
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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.
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Launch of the filament at low cadence (36 seconds) as visible in the 171 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
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Launch of the filament at high cadence (15 minutes) as visible in the 304 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
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Launch of the filament at high cadence (15 minutes) as visible in the 171 Angstrom filter on SDO/AIA.
 

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Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (GST): Lead Visualizer
Joy Ng (USRA): Producer
Joy Ng (USRA): Writer
Laurence Schuler (ADNET): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET): Technical Support
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Mission:
SDO

Data Used:
SDO/AIA/171 Filter also referred to as: AIA 171
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2012-08-30T11:00 to 2012-09-05T23:59
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SDO/AIA/304 Filter also referred to as: AIA 304
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2012-08-30T11:00 to 2012-09-05T23:59
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Keywords:
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0