Solar Tsunamis

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Solar Tsunamis

Push-in to a region of the Sun to witness a 'solar tsunami' after a flare event. The tsunami moves hot gas (bright) out of the region, revealing cooler regions (darker) below.

Close-up TRACE field-of-view as the wave moves across the image.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    SOHO/EIT, SOHO/MDI

  • Animation ID

    2921

  • Video ID

    None

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Tom Bridgman

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/01/07

  • Scientist

    Meredith Wills-Davey (SwRI), Craig DeForest (SwRI)

  • Keywords

    Sun, tsunami, Solar Flare

  • DLESE Subject

    Space science

  • Data Date

    1998-06-13T10:00:01 - 1998-06-13T19:51:26

  • Animation Type

    Regular