One-Two Solar Punch
Two dramatic solar eruptions on the limb of the Sun, a day apart. Neither of the events were directed towards the Earth. We processed them because they are just so visually spectacular.
A small eruption from April 15, 2012.
The BIG eruption from April 16, 2012.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producers
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
This page was last updated on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 5:48 PM EDT.
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Datasets used
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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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