Sun  ID: 4323

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

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on February 11, 2016
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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.
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HD1080 movie of the Sun in the AIA 171 angstrom filter. Note the coronal loop structures on the lower right limb.
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The Sun in the AIA 171 angstrom filter. Note the coronal loop structures on the lower right limb.
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The Sun in the AIA 304 angstrom filter. Note the eruption on the lower right limb.
 

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Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
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Mission:
SDO

Data Used:
SDO/AIA/171 Filter also referred to as: AIA 171
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2015-06-18T00:12 - 2015-06-18T05:00
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SDO/AIA/304 Filter also referred to as: AIA 304
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2015-06-18T00:12 - 2015-06-18T05:00
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Solar Dynamics Observatory: Year 6

Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
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
SVS >> Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> EUV 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

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This image is part of a set scheduled to be released on a USPS postage stamp in Summer of 2021. News Release