July 12, 2011: A Bright Limb Prominence from Solar Dynamics Observatory

  • Released Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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A large prominence launches, then hovers briefly, on the solar limb (upper left). The lofted solar plasma is seen traveling back down along the magnetic field. This view is through the AIA 304 Ångstrom filter.

Full resolution 4Kx4K image sequence of solar prominence launch in the AIA 304 angstrom filter (upper left limb of Sun).

Full resolution 4Kx4K image sequence of solar prominence launch in the AIA 304 angstrom filter (upper left limb of Sun).



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