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January 2005 Solar Flares from SOHO/EIT

SOHO/EIT's view of the Sun in late January 2005.    SOHO/EIT's view of the Sun in late January 2005.
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AR 10720 launches a flare with a high proton flux which saturates EIT    AR 10720 launches a flare with a high proton flux which saturates EIT

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AR 10720 launches a flare.    AR 10720 launches a flare.

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Animation Number:3160
Completed:2005-05-19
Animator:Tom Bridgman (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:Robert Lin (University of California, Berkeley)
 Richard Mewaldt (CalTech)
 Richard Nightingale (LMSAL)
Platform/Sensor/Data Set:SOHO/Extreme-UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)/195 Angstroms (2005/01/15T00:00:10-2005/01/21T23:408:11)
Series:New Space Weather Mystery
Keywords:
SVS >> Coronal Loop
SVS >> Solar Active Region
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Sun
SVS >> Ultraviolet
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
SVS >> Active Region 10720
More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/solar_fireworks.html
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio and others who provided data and consultations: Karl Battams (NRL), Brian Dennis (NASA/GSFC), Sam Krucker (University of California at Berkeley)


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