Halloween Solar Storms from SOHO/EIT, 195 Angstroms

  • Released Thursday, July 8, 2004
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This view from SOHO/EIT in the 195 angstrom band, shows the multitude of solar flares released in the Fall of 2003 as a group of active regions rotated back into view. This movie is synchronized to play with animation IDs 2960 and 2961. For more information on how X-ray solar flares are classified (B, C, M, X), visit SpaceWeather.com.

This movie shows over two weeks of high solar activity visible to SOHO-EIT at a wavelength of 195 Ångstroms.

A group of active regions come into view.

A group of active regions come into view.

The X17 event shown here launched a CME at the Earth whose impact was observed the next day by Earth-orbiting satellites.

The X17 event shown here launched a CME at the Earth whose impact was observed the next day by Earth-orbiting satellites.

A quiet time before the next big solar events...

A quiet time before the next big solar events...

The X28 event shown here is the most powerful solar flare ever recorded. There is some debate that this event was actually as high as X40.

The X28 event shown here is the most powerful solar flare ever recorded. There is some debate that this event was actually as high as X40.

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NASA/ESA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Thursday, July 8, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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