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New Active Region Grows Up
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Over the course of just one day a tiny active region grew to became almost as large as its many-days-old neighbor (Aug. 23-24, 2018). Active regions, which are areas of intense magnetism, appear brighter in wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light and are often the source of solar storms.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNew Active Region Grows Up. NASA/JPL, 2018-09-03. Public domain. ID: PIA22680.