Sun Releases Strong Solar Flare (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Sun Releases Strong Solar Flare

Caption

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the upper left – on Feb. 17, 2023. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in teal.

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Credit: NASA/SDO

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