On June 27, 2013, NASA launched IRIS, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. IRIS gives us our first detailed image of a layer of the sun’s atmosphere called the chromosphere. Boasting the highest temporal and spatial resolution to date, IRIS provides imagery and a special kind of data called spectra. In this video, we will look at IRIS data from a solar flare on March 11, 2015.
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GSFC_20150626_IRIS_m11897_Sun
Date Created
June 26, 2015
Center
GSFC
Media Type
video
Location
Goddard Space Flight Center
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