Solar Flare
March 6, 2003
A bright solar flare is captured by the EIT 195Å instrument on 1998 May 2. A solar flare (a sudden, rapid, and intense variation in brightness) occurs when magnetic energy that has built up in the solar atmosphere is suddenly released, launching material outward at millions of km per hour.
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Solar flare, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, magnetic energy, Coronal mass ejection, Solar variation
