NASA's SDO Provides Images of Significant Solar Flare
This flare is classified as an X4.9-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc.
SDO footage of February 24, 2014 X4.9 flare in three wavelengths: 304, 171 and 1600 angstroms.
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These images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory at 7:25 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014, show the first moments of an X-class flare in different wavelengths of light – seen as the bright spot that appears on the left limb of the sun. Hot solar material can be seen hovering above the active region in the sun's atmosphere, the corona.
Credit: NASA/SDO

These images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory at 7:25 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014, show the first moments of an X-class flare in different wavelengths of light – seen as the bright spot that appears on the left limb of the sun. Hot solar material can be seen hovering above the active region in the sun's atmosphere, the corona. Unlabeled.
Credit: NASA/SDO
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2014 Heliophysics Breaking News
(ID: 2014015)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 5:00AM
Produced by - Robert Crippen