Affiliation
Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany
Main category
Natural Sciences (Astrophysics and Astrononmy)
Caption
The sequence shows the evolution of dynamic structures resembling tornadoes in the solar atmosphere. The red lines represent stream lines of the velocity field in the solar atmosphere. The contour shows the dynamic evolution of the $\beta=1$ layer.
Further information
The visualization was done using VAPOR.
Further reading
Sven Wedemeyer-Böhm, Eamon Scullion, Oskar Steiner et. al, "Magnetic tornadoes as energy channels into the solar corona", Nature 486, 2012
DOI
10.18147/smn.2016/video:10
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