SDO Image of Solar Flare, April 2, 2017 (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

SDO Image of Solar Flare, April 2, 2017 (1 of 2)

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare peaking at 4:33 p.m. EDT on April 2, 2017, as seen in the bright flash near the sun's upper right edge. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is typically colorized in blue.

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