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ID: 10801
On June 7, 2011 the Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare with a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME). The large cloud of particles mushroomed up and fell back down looking as if it covered an area almost half the solar surface.
Massive Solar Eruption Close-up
SDO observed the flare's peak at 1:41 AM ET. SDO recorded these images in extreme ultraviolet light that show a very large eruption of cool gas. It is somewhat unique because at many places in the eruption there seems to be even cooler material — at temperatures less than 80,000 K.
This video uses the full-resolution 4096 x 4096 pixel images at a one minute time cadence to provide the highest quality, finest detail version possible.
It is interesting to compare the event in different wavelengths because they each see different temperatures of plasma. See the transcript for more notes on this.
Frames for each wavelength are available on these separate pages: 304, 171, 211, and1700.
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Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Video Editor
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Video Editor
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
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Mission:
SDO
Data Used:
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
This item is part of this series:
Five Years of Solar Dynamics Observatory
Goddard TV Tape:
G2011-076 -- June 7 SDO Prominence Eruption
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> Far Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> EUV Imaging
SVS >> FUV Imaging
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
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10801
Mission:
SDO
Data Used:
SDO/AIA/304 Filter also referred to as: AIA 304
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTERSDO/AIA/211 Filter also referred to as: AIA 211
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTERSDO/AIA/171 Filter also referred to as: AIA 171
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTERSDO/AIA/1700 Filter also referred to as: AIA 1700
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTERThis item is part of this series:
Five Years of Solar Dynamics Observatory
Goddard TV Tape:
G2011-076 -- June 7 SDO Prominence Eruption
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> Far Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> EUV Imaging
SVS >> FUV Imaging
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
