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TRACE Ultraviolet View of January 20, 2005 Solar Flare

AR 10720 in the TRACE 1600 Angstrom band.    AR 10720 in the TRACE 1600 Angstrom band.
Duration: 22.0 seconds
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Proton hits now fill the field-of-view.    Proton hits now fill the field-of-view.

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The footpoint regions of the coronal loops are bright at thtector is becoming saturated.    The footpoint regions of the coronal loops are bright at thtector is becoming saturated.

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TRACE ultraviolet view of AR 10720    TRACE ultraviolet view of AR 10720

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Once the protons have passed, we now see the coronal loop structures.    Once the protons have passed, we now see the coronal loop structures.

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Animation Number:3161
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:TRACE/1600 Angstroms (2005/01/20T06:20:00 - 2005/01/20T08:43:57)
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
SVS >> Space Weather
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. Thanks also to others who provided data and consultations: Karl Battams (NRL), Brian Dennis (NASA/GSFC), Sam Krucker (University of California at Berkeley)


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