+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation Hinode's High-Resolution View of the Sun A new sunspot collided with an existing sunspot which built up a highly sheared magnetic configuration. This resulted in a solar flare on December 13, 2006.    This movie opens with a full solar disk view from SOHO/MDI and zooms into the high-spatial and temporal resolution view from the Hinode SOT G-band filter. Duration: 10.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   720x480 (30 fps) MPEG-2   8 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   7 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) Frames   320x240     JPEG         16 KB   1280x720 (29.97 fps) Frames   1920x1080 (30 fps) Frames   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-4   27 MB How to play our movies    A full disk view of the Sun from SOHO/MDI. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 240         PNG 39 KB    A close-up view of the sunspot of December 13, 2006 as seen by SOHO/MDI. Solar granulation is visible around the spots. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 240         PNG 40 KB    Now we see the same sunspots through the high-resolution optical camera on Hinode. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 5 MB   320 x 240         PNG 96 KB    Here is a view of the flare in the optical band, a brighter 'thread' near the lower edge of the upper spot and a bright knot near the center of the lower spot. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 240         PNG 95 KB   160 x 80           PNG 22 KB   80 x 40             PNG   6 KB    Another view of the flare in the optical band, a brighter 'thread' near the lower edge of the upper spot and a bright knot near the center of the lower spot. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 240         PNG 95 KB    The sunspot continues to evolve. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 240         PNG 92 KB Animation Number: 3411 Animator: Tom Bridgman (SVS) (Lead) Completed: 2007-03-16 Scientists: Alan Title (LMSAL)   Leon Golub (CfA)   Judith Karpen (Naval Research Laboratory) Instrument: Hinode (Solar-B)/Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) Data set: Hindoe (Solar-B) SOT G-band Data Collected: 2006-12-13T01:03:00 - 2006-12-13T05:15:00 Series: Hinode Reveals Details of Solar Processes Keywords: SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Solar Active Region SVS >> Solar Flare SVS >> Sun GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots SVS >> Solar Granulation This work has been visible on Appeared in the 'Wired Science' segment 'Experiment Cave' on October 24, 2007.     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: