Dynamic Earth: visualisation of a CME hitting Venus

This fulldome visualisation from the Earth science planetarium show Dynamic Earth shows a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from the Sun heading towards Venus.

The video clip opens with a closeup view of the Sun, featuring imagery collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) using an ultraviolet filter. Jets of ionized gases, called prominences, can be seen erupting from the solar surface. These spectacular eruptions are often constrained to loop-shaped trajectories due to the solar magnetic field.

As the visualisation moves outwards from the Sun and towards the orbit of the planet Venus, it shows a coronal mass ejection taking place on the Sun. This massive eruption sends a much higher density of particles (ions and electrons) into the solar wind.

Crediti:

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Visualizers/Animators: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) Tom Bridgman (GST)

A proposito del video

Identificazione:Venus_RGB
Data di rilascio:Lunedì 16 Novembre 2015 18:34
Durata:01 m 05 s
Frame rate:30 fps

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Nome:Sun, Venus
Tipo:Solar System : Star : Feature : Corona : Prominence
Categoria:Fulldome
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