New sites for magnetic reconnection
HD and UHD movie views of the plasma flowing along magnetic fields lines visible at 171Å.
This sequence of solar imagery from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) reveals some observational evidence of a previously theorized alternative driver of magnetic reconnection.
Plasma flows tracing the magnetic field configuration (AIA 171Å imagery), and a nearby prominence (AIA 304Å imagery) illustrate this interchange of matter and energy. The primary event of interest occurs just above the active region on the left limb of the Sun between 14:00 and 15:00 hours UT on May 3, 2012.
HD and UHD movie views of the solar prominence visible at 304Å.
4Kx4K frames of the plasma flowing along magnetic fields lines visible at 171Å.
4Kx4K frames of the solar prominence visible at 304Å.
Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Writer
- Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems)
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Technical support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.
This page was last updated on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 12:09 AM EDT.
Missions
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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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AIA 171 (171 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 680This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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