1998 SPACE SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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| 1998 SOLAR RESOURCE TAPE | G98-065 | 1/12/99 | 00:34:00 | 1998 compilation of solar stories GSFC did for the entire year.
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| ITEM (1): CORONAL MASS EJECTION AND CORONAL ACTIVITY 3/28-4/2/98 - CME & solar Coronal activity as viewed by the LASCO C3 instrument onboard the SOHO Spacecraft. The following sequence shows the period between March 28, 1998 through May 2, 1998. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (2): FAST CORONAL MASS EJECTION 11/5-6/1997 - The following clip shows the first ÒfastÓ Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) of the new solar cycle. ÒFastÓ CMEs fly off the Sun at 4.5 million miles per hour. this event, imaged by LASCO C3 instrument on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Spacecraft, shows a fast CME and the resulting impact of protons on the spacecraft. Courtesy NASA/ESA |
| ITEM (3): HALO CORONAL MASS EJECTION 4/7/1997 - A ÒhaloÓ Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) appears as an expanding ring around the Sun because it is heading directly towards the spacecraft and Earth. Researchers say halo CMEs almost always lead to magnetic storms at Earth. This halo CME was imaged by the LASCO C3 instrument on the SOHO Spacecraft. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (4): SOLAR ACTIVITY (EIT) 4/26-5/6/98 -Solar coronal activity as viewed by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) instrument on board the SOHO Spacecraft. The following sequence shows the period between April 26, 1998 through May 6, 1998. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (5): ERUPTIVE EVENT (EIT) 11/14/98 - Solar activity as viewed by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) instrument on board the SOHO Spacecraft. This event occurred November 14, 1998. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (6): SOLAR ARCADE 5/12/1997 - Solar physicists say that ÒarcadeÓ events on the Sun show the roots or feet of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that just launched into space. An ÒarcadeÓ is a bright flare surrounded by dimming areas on the surface of the Sun as seen here by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) on the SOHO spacecraft. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (7): SUN GRAZING COMETS W/CME (LASCO C2) 12/25/96 - This Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) with a Sun-grazing comet was imaged by the LASCO C2 Coronograph on the SOHO Spacecraft. The inner white circle shows the actual size of the Sun. This event took place December 25, 1996. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (8): SUN GRAZING COMETS W/CME (LASCO C3) 12/25/96 - This Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) with a Sun-grazing comet was imaged by the LASCO C3 Coronograph on the SOHO Spacecraft. The inner white circle shows the actual size of the Sun. This wider field of view shows the galactic plane in the background and the SunÕs magnetic field reaching out into space. This event took place December 25, 1996. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (9): COMET DEATH RACE (LASCO C3) 6/1-2/1998 - Two comets seen plunging into the SunÕs atmosphere in close succession on June 1 & 2, 1998. The two comets are known as ÒKreutz Sun-Grazers,Ó a class of comets that pass within 50,000 km (30,000 miles) of the solar surface and through the solar atmosphere or Corona. The twin comets were named SOHO 54 and SOHO 55 as they are the 54th and 55th comets discovered since the spacecraft was launched in 1995. In a spectacular coincidence, the demise of the comets was followed by a dramatic ejection of gas and magnetic energy called an erupting Prominence, also on June 2, 1998. The observations were made by the Large-Angle Spectrometric Coronagraphy (LASCO) instrument on the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Spacecraft. This Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) with a Sun-grazing comet was imaged by the LASCO C2 Coronograph on the SOHO spacecraft. The inner white circle shows the actual size of the Sun. This event took place December 25, 1996. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (10): MONTH IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN 8/9/97 - 9/2/97 - This 28 day time-lapse sequence shows one entire revolution of the Sun. This is the first time a complete 28 day rotation has been observed with this degree of resolution in the ultraviolet wavelengths. The SunÕs this outer atmosphere, the Corona, can be seen. Every feature in the image traces magnetic structures of the Sun. This sequence was taken from August 9, 1997, to September 2, 1997, by the EIT instrument onboard the SOHO Spacecraft. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (11): EIT MOVIE OF LOWER CORONA IN THE 80,000 KELVIN DEGREE RANGE:
Sequence 1 - Entire disk
Sequence 2 - Close up showing cool (6000 Kelvin degrees) clouds surrounded by 2 million Kelvin Degree gas
Sequence 3 - Close up showing active region magnetic loopsCourtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (12): SOLAR SEISMIC WAVE 7/9/97 - Shock waves two miles high ripple across the surface of the Sun. The solar quake was caused by the enormous amounts of energy released by an expanding solar flare. The quake contained about 40,000 times the energy released in the great earthquake that devastated San Francisco in 1906. This sequence was taken over a 70 minute period on July 9, 1996, using the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Spacecraft -- a joint ESA/NASA project. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (13): 3D CORONAL TOMOGRAPH - Scientists created the first 3D picture of the Sun and its Corona by taking one picture each day and assembling them like a CAT Scan. The semi-transparent, orange and yellow cloud that the solar surface is embedded in is a view of the Corona. The 3D view helps scientists correlate the atmospheric structure both with the surface features below it and the structures in the solar wind above it. This will help us better understand how coronal structures are ultimately connected to the Earth. Courtesy of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (14): EIT/UVCS COMPOSITE IMAGE SEQUENCE - Combining the images from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope and the Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer to show the SunÕs active region and the magnetic structure at the surface and how it reaches out into space. Composite of images taken from May through October 1996. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (15): TORNADOS ON THE SUN - The Sun has tall gyrating storms far larger than those on Earth. A gyrating high-speed storm wider than Africa, is one of a dozen such ÒtornadoesÓ imaged by the EIT on the SOHO Spacecraft. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (16): JET STEAMS FLOWING INSIDE THE SUN (ANIMATION) - This animation depicts the speed variations between the outer surface, equatorial torus and the center of the Sun. Courtesy NASA Goddard
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| ITEM (17): JET STREAMS FLOWING INSIDE THE SUN (ANIMATION) - This animation depicts the faster eastward motion of the gases just under the surface of the Sun. Courtesy NASA Goddard
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| ITEM (18): SOLAR MAGNETIC CARPET (ANIMATION) - Animation depicts what scientists call the SunÕs Òmagnetic carpet.Ó The individual loops on the ÒcarpetÓ carry enormous amounts of energy. This may help explain the 50-year old mystery of the SunÕs Corona: why is the SunÕs outer atmosphere, the corona, so hot (over 50 million degrees) when its visible surface is so cool (11,000 degrees). Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (19): SOHO SPACECRAFT (ANIMATION) - Animation of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Spacecraft. Courtesy NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (20): LAUNCH OF SOHO SPACECRAFT 12/19/95
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| ITEM (21): AURORA DATA FROM POLAR SPACECRAFT 9/24/98 - Polar Spacecraft data showing the effects of a Coronal Mass Ejection on the EarthÕs magnetic field on September 24, 1998. The impact of the plasma ejected from the Sun arrived at Earth and caused a significant increase in the Aurora Borealis.
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| ITEM (22): POLAR SPACECRAFT (ANIMATION)
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| ITEM (23): MAGNETIC STORM COMPUTER MODEL 5/2-5/4/98 - Using a computer model and data from the WIND Spacecraft researchers have for the first time simulated the effects of a real CME Plasma Cloud on EarthÕs magnetic field. Courtesy University of Maryland Advanced Visualization Laboratory
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| ITEM (24): WIND SPACECRAFT (ANIMATION)
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| ITEM (25): TRACE MOSAIC IMAGE WITH ZOOM TO INSET OF SEQUENCE - This composite solar image created from many TRACE images shows different active regions in the solar corona. The image zooms into highlight an active region. The inset is a sequence of TRACE images. Courtesy NASA/Stanford Lockheed Institute for Space Research
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| ITEM (26): TRACE MOSAIC IMAGE - This composite solar image created from many TRACE images shows different active regions in the solar corona. Courtesy NASA/Stanford Lockheed Institute for Space Research
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| ITEM (27): TRACE IMAGE SEQUENCE OF LYMAN ALPHA FLARE 5/19/98 - The following sequence shows a solar flare that occurred on May 19, 1998. Courtesy NASA/Stanford Lockheed Institute for Space Research
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| ITEM (28): TRACE IMAGE SEQUENCE OF RAPID LOOP EXPANSION 7/11/98 - This image shows solar plasma following magnetic field lines. This event occurred July 11, 1998. Courtesy NASA/Stanford Lockheed Institute for Space Research
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| ITEM (29): TRACE IMAGE SEQUENCE OF SOLAR LIMB ACTIVITY Courtesy NASA/Stanford Lockheed Institute for Space Research
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| ITEM (30): TRACE SPACECRAFT (ANIMATION) - Animation of the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) Spacecraft.
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| ITEM (31): SPARTAN SPACECRAFT (ANIMATION)
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| ITEM (32): ISTP CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES (ANIMATION) - Animation of the International Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP) constellation of satellites. Courtesy NASA Goddard
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| ITEM (33): SOLAR ECLIPSE IMAGES - GROUND BASED OBSERVATIONS - The SunÕs Corona can be seen during a Solar Eclipse. The Corona is the large gaseous cloud surrounding the Sun. Courtesy Jay Pasachoff, Williams College
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| ITEM (34): TOTAL ECLIPSE AS SEEN BY GOES SATELLITE - 2/26/1998 - The time-lapse sequence shows the shadow of the Moon as it first touches the Earth in the Pacific Ocean, about 2000 miles South of the Hawaiian Islands, then races along the Pacific, over northern South America and across the Caribbean Sea before exiting in the Atlantic about 600 miles west of Morocco. The time-lapse image sequence is taken from the NOAA/National Weather ServicesÕ Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite (GOES) 10.. The sequence was enhanced and rendered at NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterÕs Laboratory for Atmospheres. Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (35): B-ROLL: SOHO/ACE OPERATIONS, DAILY SCIENCE MEETING, SCIENTISTS REVIEW DATA:
a) SOHO Mission Operations Area
b) Daily science meeting
c) Scientists reviewing data
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| ITEM (36): B-ROLL: NASA/ESA SOHO RESCUE OPERATIONS - POINTING SOHO TOWARD SUN 9/16/1998 - On September 16, 1998, the SOHO solar spacecraft obeyed commands that turned its face fully towards the Sun. For the first time since June 25, 1998, when SOHO spun out of control and communication was lost, it points the right way. The SOHO flight operations team reported success in the maneuver, which is called altitude recovery.
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| ITEM (37): B-ROLL: NASA/ESA SOHO SCIENTISTS GET FIRST IMAGES FROM SOHO AFTER SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY - October 13, 1998, scientists in the SOHO Control room located at NASAÕs Goddard Space Flight Center await the first image from the SOHO Spacecraft after its successful recovery in September.
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| ITEM (38): FIRST IMAGES FROM SOHO SINCE LOSS OF CONTACT - EIT - The SOHO Spacecraft took its first images of the Sun since contact was lost on June 24, 1998. The first four images were made using the EIT instrument onboard SOHO. The fifth image was taken by the MDI instrument. The instruments on SOHO have taken approximately two million images of the Sun to date. Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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