SDO First Light High Resolution Stills
Stills from the AIA instrument on SDO. They show the March 30, 2010 "First Light" prominence eruption captured just after the AIA sensors were activated. All images are from the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, specifically the wavelengths of 304, 211, 193, and 171 Ångstroms. The stills are in multiple resolutions and are available as tiff and jpeg files.

Stills of the prominence eruption from the SDO AIA 304 band in several resolutions and file types. Frame 49

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Close-up of prominence eruption.

Close-up of prominence eruption.

Close-up of prominence eruption.

Close-up of prominence eruption.

Close-up of prominence eruption.

Close-up of prominence eruption.

Close-up of prominence eruption.

Stills of the prominence eruption from the SDO AIA 304-171-211 bands in several resolutions and file types. Red=304, Green=171, Blue=211. Still #1

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Stills of the prominence eruption from the SDO AIA 211-171-193 bands. Red=211, Green=171, Blue=193. Still #1

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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/AIA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Video editors
- Victoria Weeks (HTSI)
- Ralph Seguin (LMSAL)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
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Scientists
- William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC)
- Alan Title (LMSAL)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.
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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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