SDO CME launch

A Large prominence that had rotated around from the edges of the sun as viewed from earth and SDO was actually a long filament of suspended plasma. The above picture is the  filament erupting from the surface due to hotter material being released below it. See it in motion...

The early days , http://youtu.be/xjwDTx6EMZE?hd=1, a stable large prominence
A wide view, http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=N1f55  , note the red matter is released
A closer view, http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=21f55

The CME launches through the SOHO C2 and C3 imagers.

 

image data courtesy of Helioviewer/SDO/NASA and LASCO/SOHO/NRL

SDO and Helioviewer

Have you noticed the little symbol in Helioviewer that allows you to download a greyscale image of the current time stamp. Useful for quick imageJ processing. see images below.
image Data courtesy of SDO/Helioviewer.

Very recent CME 20120416

Comet LoveJoy Montage outbound

Comet Lovejoy inbound

Sunspot goes bang!

Sunspot goes bang as seen in SDO imagers 20111109-13:17 bang!

A cold filament is launched, to be come the body of CME material, as a sunspot erupts and plasma loops reload.  http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=lTQ15

This image is from the latest SDO data available through Helioviewer.

Here is an big picture view using SOHO C2 and C3 data that show the progression of the CME outwards from the event, over four hours.

Other interesting consecutive helioviewer sequences showing loops reloading.

Red Bull emerges  http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=0Qs15

Solar Anemone http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=3Qs15

The other big CME in 2011 June is seen here

http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=3LQ15