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X-class Flare Erupts from Sun on April 24
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X-class Flare Erupts from Sun on April 24

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 8:27 p.m. EDT on April 24, 2014. Images of the flare were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.

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Credit lineX-class Flare Erupts from Sun on April 24. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001117.
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