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NASA's SDO Shows Images of Significant Solar Flare
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NASA's SDO Shows Images of Significant Solar Flare

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

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Caption: These SDO images from 7:25 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014, show the first moments of an X-class flare in different wavelengths of light -- seen as the bright spot that appears on the left limb of the sun. Hot solar material can be seen hovering above the active region in the sun's atmosphere, the corona. Credit: NASA/SDO More info: The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:49 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014.

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Credit lineNASA's SDO Shows Images of Significant Solar Flare. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001210.

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