XRT Picture of the Week (XPOW)

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2011 August 02


Click image for movie. Also available on YouTube


X-Ray Eruption and Flare on June 07 2011

On June 7, 2011 at about 06:15 there was a huge CME accompanied by a flare originating from the southwest quadrant of the Sun. The image and movie above shows the XRT view of this event. An activated filament is clearly seen lifting off and breaking away in these images. Larger views of this eruption from the AIA telescope on the SDO mission show a huge mass of material leaving the Sun, some of which falls back down to the Sun's surface under the force of gravity.


Keywords: Flare, CME, Filament
Filters: Al_mesh, Ti_poly, Be_thick



(Submitted by Kathy Reeves)

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