Evolution of the eruptive filament in TRACE 171 Å channel from 00:45:55 UT to 00:53:16 UT on 2000 February 9. The filament motion can be seen within the white boxes. The dashed lines show the path along which the filament trajectory is displayed in Fig. 5. The white arrows are described in the text. The position of the white boxes in panels a) and b) is the same as those boxes in Figs. 4f–4i. The position of the white boxes in panel c) is the same as those boxes in Figs. 4j and 4k.