Bright X-flare from GRB 060714 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Bright X-flare from GRB 060714

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The X-ray telescope on NASA's Swift satellite captured the intensity of a bright X-flare from GRB 060714. The elongated blue and gray regions are an artifact of the image processing.

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NASA / Swift / XRT Science Team

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