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Major Solar Flare
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The Sun erupted with an X8 solar flare, one of the largest of the current solar cycle (Sept. 10, 2017). Its source was the same sunspot region that produced an X9 flare last week. This is shown in two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light at the same time and each reveals different features. Both are colorized to identify in which wavelength they were observed. The coils of loops after the flare are the magnetic field lines reorganizing themselves after the eruption.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMajor Solar Flare. NASA/JPL, 2017-09-18. Public domain. ID: PIA21958.
