Friday, February 24, 2012

VIDEO: Filament Eruption from the SDO on 2012-02-24

This 211Å, 193Å, and 171Å composite video highlights a large filament eruption. It shows the northeast section of the Sun for 12 hours from 00:00 to 12:00. A composite video like this lets us see the action from the transition region all the way up into the corona. The red is the 211Å channel and represents temperatures around 3.5 million Fahrenheit. The green shows the 193Å channel which highlights temperatures around 2.25 million degrees Fahrenheit. And the blue is the 171Å channel with temperatures around 1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit.

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