Big, Bright Flare
June 28, 2012
Just as an active region rotated into view, it unleashed a large (X1.4 class) solar flare (Sept. 22, 2011) as well as several smaller flares and a significant coronal mass ejection. Predictions are that the storm will likely not impact Earth. Following the bright flare, one can see brilliant coils of magnetic field lines regrouping themselves. Images were taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light.
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Environment, Technology Internet, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, Astronomy, Solar Dynamics Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Index of radio propagation articles, Coronal mass ejection, Solar flare, Sunspot, Corona, Astrophysics, Coronal loop, Physics
