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Each image shows a different wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights a different temperature of material on the sun. By comparing different images, scientists can better understand the movement of solar matter and energy during a flare. From left to right, the wavelengths are: visible light, 171 angstroms, 304 angstroms, 193 angstroms and 131 angstroms. 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This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 131 angstrom wavelengths.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || March_11_2015_X2pt2_Flare_171-131-crop_2.png (1920x1200) [12.7 MB] || March_11_2015_X2pt2_Flare_171-131-crop_2.jpg (1920x1200) [682.3 KB] || March_11_2015_X2pt2_Flare_171-131-crop_2_print.jpg (1024x640) [168.4 KB] || March_11_2015_X2pt2_Flare_171-131-crop_2_web.jpg (320x200) [24.0 KB] || March_11_2015_X2pt2_Flare_171-131-crop_2_searchweb.png (320x180) [118.6 KB] || March_11_2015_X2pt2_Flare_171-131-crop_2_thm.png (80x40) [10.5 KB] || ", "release_date": "2015-03-11T14:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:49:53.491291-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 444953, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011800/a011805/X2_flareMarch_best_print.jpg", "filename": "X2_flareMarch_best_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Short video of the flare in 304 angstrom light.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO", "width": 1024, "height": 1024, "pixels": 1048576 } } }, { "id": 403015, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4211, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4211/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Just over the Limb Solar Event captured by SDO and IRIS", "description": "On May 9, 2014, an active region has just rotated over the limb of the Sun when it launches a large amount of plasma into space. Both SDO and IRIS caught the event. || ", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:00.730632-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 451881, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004200/a004211/Flare20140509_304A.00400_print.jpg", "filename": "Flare20140509_304A.00400_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Full-disk 4Kx4K SDO images.", "width": 1024, "height": 1024, "pixels": 1048576 } } }, { "id": 403016, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4232, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4232/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Twelve Days of AR12192 from SDO and GOES", "description": "SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span. || AR12192_131_GOES.composite.01500_print.jpg (1024x1024) [274.5 KB] || AR12192_131_GOES.composite.01500_searchweb.png (320x180) [72.8 KB] || AR12192_131_GOES.composite.01500_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || AR12192_131_GOES.composite.01500_web.png (320x320) [102.2 KB] || AR12192_131_GOES-composite_1024.webm (1024x1024) [13.7 MB] || AR12192_131_GOES-composite_1024.mp4 (1024x1024) [312.6 MB] || Composite (4096x4096) [0 Item(s)] || AR12192_131_GOES-composite_1024_4232.pptx [62.0 MB] || AR12192_131_GOES-composite_1024_4232.key [64.5 MB] || AR12192_131_GOES.mp4 (4096x4096) [5.3 GB] || ", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-02-02T22:15:56.918350-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 449577, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004200/a004232/AR12192_131_GOES.composite.01500_print.jpg", "filename": "AR12192_131_GOES.composite.01500_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span.", "width": 1024, "height": 1024, "pixels": 1048576 } } }, { "id": 403017, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 11605, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11605/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Firework Flare", "description": "This movie from NASA’s SDO shows a solar flare — the bright light on the left side of the sun — on July 8, 2014. 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These gigantic bursts of radiation cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to harm humans on the ground, however they can disrupt the atmosphere and disrupt GPS and communications signals. In this case, it appears the flare is strong enough to potentially cause some radio communication blackouts. It also produced increased solar energetic proton radiation — enough to affect humans in space if they do not protect themselves.As of March 2014, this flare is the largest of solar cycle 24.Here are the raw images used in creating the components in Sun Unleashes X6.9 Class Flare on August 9, 2011 || ", "release_date": "2014-05-16T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:54.552822-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 457394, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004100/a004151/Aug2011X6Flare_131A_stand.HD1080i.00050.jpg", "filename": "Aug2011X6Flare_131A_stand.HD1080i.00050.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The X6.9 flare as seen by SDO/AIA in 13.1nm filter.", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 403019, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 11528, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11528/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "X-class Flare Erupts from Sun on April 24", "description": "The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 8:27 p.m. EDT on April 24, 2014. Images of the flare were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.This flare is classified as an X1.4 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. || ", "release_date": "2014-04-25T15:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:58.188268-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 456046, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011500/a011528/April_25_X1pt4_Flare_131-304Blend_crop_web.jpg", "filename": "April_25_X1pt4_Flare_131-304Blend_crop_web.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "An X 1.4 solar flare erupted on the right side of the sun on the evening of April. 24, 2014. This composite image, captured at 8:42 p.m. EST, shows the sun in ultraviolet light with wavelength of both 131 and 304 angstroms. 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However, the active region involved was very close to the limb of the sun (lower left quadrant) and STEREO-B provided an excellent view of plasma launched in both ultraviolet light and the white-light coronagraph. || ", "release_date": "2014-07-23T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T22:31:09.977667-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 454512, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004100/a004178/STEREOBEUVI304A_stand.HD1080i.00030.png", "filename": "STEREOBEUVI304A_stand.HD1080i.00030.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "In this sequence from the STEREO-B, 304 angstrom ultraviolet filter, we see the CME rising from the lower left limb of the sun.", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 403021, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4177, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4177/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "As Seen by STEREO-A: The Carrington-Class CME of 2012", "description": "STEREO-A, at a position along Earth's orbit where it has an unobstructed view of the far side of the Sun, could clearly observe possibly the most powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) of solar cyle 24 on July 23, 2012. The visualizations on this page cover the entire day.We see the flare erupt in the lower right quadrant of the solar disk from a large active region. The material is launched into space in a direction towards STEREO-A. This creates the ring-like 'halo' CME visible in the STEREO-A coronagraph, COR-2 (blue circular image).As the CME expands beyond the field of view of the COR-2 imager, the high energy particles reach STEREO-A, creating the snow-like noise in the image. The particles also strike the HI-2 imager (blue square) brightening the image.The HI-1 imager has had 'bloom removal' enabled and filled with contents of the immediately previous HI-1 image, which creates a linear artifact above and below bright stars and planets. || ", "release_date": "2014-07-23T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2021-02-22T07:53:03-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 454425, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004100/a004177/STEREOAEUVI304A_stand.HD1080i.00041.png", "filename": "STEREOAEUVI304A_stand.HD1080i.00041.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A bright flare erupts from an active region in this image from STEREO-A 304 angstrom ultraviolet filter.", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 403022, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4172, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4172/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "As Seen by SDO: The Carrington-Class CME of 2012", "description": "While SDO did not have a direct view of the region which launched the large coronal mass ejection (CME) of July 23, 2012, it still managed to catch a glimpse of the solar plasma as it launched into space. The eruption becomes visible at timestamp 02:14:24 UTC in the lower right side of the movies below. || ", "release_date": "2014-07-23T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:43.023512-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 454976, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004100/a004172/AIA131Carrington_stand.HD1080i.00444.jpg", "filename": "AIA131Carrington_stand.HD1080i.00444.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A view of the July 23, 2012 CME from AIA in the 131 angstrom filter.", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370498, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/solar-flares/#media_group_370498", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "M-Class Flares", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 403023, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4244, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4244/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "December 4, 2014: M6 Flare as Seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory & GOES", "description": "SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span. || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_print.jpg (1024x1024) [337.7 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_searchweb.png (320x180) [70.8 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_web.png (320x320) [107.2 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES_1024x1024.webm (1024x1024) [3.0 MB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES_1024x1024.mp4 (1024x1024) [68.0 MB] || SDO131AnGOES (4096x4096) [64.0 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.mp4 (4096x4096) [1.2 GB] || ", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:01.523328-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 448455, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004200/a004244/SDO_2014-12-04_131_M6flare.00400_print.jpg", "filename": "SDO_2014-12-04_131_M6flare.00400_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "4Kx4K SDO Quick-Look imagery at 5 minute cadence using the 131 angstrom filter and standard color table.", "width": 1024, "height": 1024, "pixels": 1048576 } } }, { "id": 403024, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4202, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4202/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "August 24, 2014: Magnificent M-flare", "description": "M-flares are not the most powerful flares the Sun can emit, but sometimes even they can exhibit visually exciting behavior.Here we show the lead-up to an M-flare which lauches a large amount of plasma into space. The eruption takes place starting around 12:00 UTC and launches over the next 15 minutes. But stay with it, and you'll also see some of the plasma falling back towards the Sun around 13:50 UTC. || ", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:00.609467-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 452282, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004200/a004202/Aug2014MagnificentM_304A.01364_print.jpg", "filename": "Aug2014MagnificentM_304A.01364_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 304 angstrom filter. Full resolution 4Kx4K frames.", "width": 1024, "height": 1024, "pixels": 1048576 } } }, { "id": 403025, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4225, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4225/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "The M7 Flare of October 2, 2014, seen from SDO", "description": "In this 171 ångstrom image, the group of coronal loops on the lower right of the solar limb launches a stream of plasma. || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00748_print.jpg (1024x576) [68.2 KB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00748_searchweb.png (320x180) [46.9 KB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00748_thm.png (80x40) [4.4 KB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00748_web.png (320x180) [46.9 KB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [23.2 MB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand_720.mp4 (1280x720) [9.7 MB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand_720.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.9 MB] || Oct2014Mflare_171A_stand_360.mp4 (640x360) [2.6 MB] || ", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:00.990109-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 450615, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004200/a004225/Oct2014Mflare_171A.00748_print.jpg", "filename": "Oct2014Mflare_171A.00748_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Full resolution 4Kx4K imagery for the 171 ångstrom filter", "width": 1024, "height": 1024, "pixels": 1048576 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370499, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/solar-flares/#media_group_370499", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "Visible Light Flares", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 403026, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3412, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3412/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Hinode's High-resolution view of solar granulation", "description": "This zoom-in from a full view of the Hinode Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) (the same as in animation 3411) shows details of solar granulation and how rapidly it changes. || ", "release_date": "2007-03-22T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:55:43.755349-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 508980, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003400/a003412/HinodeGbandClose_stand.HD720p.0000.jpg", "filename": "HinodeGbandClose_stand.HD720p.0000.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This movie starts with a full view of the Hinode SOT field and zooms in to show details of the solar granulation and how it changes with time.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370500, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/solar-flares/#media_group_370500", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "Solar Flares in X-rays", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 403027, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 2509, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2509/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "A Multi-Mission View of the AR9906 Solar Flare with Instrument Labels", "description": "Here's a view of the Sun, from the point of view of a fleet of Sun-observing spacecraft - SOHO, TRACE, and RHESSI. The time scales of the data samples in this visualization range from six hours to as short as 12 seconds and the display rate varies throughout the movie. The region and event of interest is the solar flare over solar active region AR9906 on April 21, 2002. 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Violet is used to indicate the location and relative intensity of the 2.2MeV emission. || ", "release_date": "2003-09-02T12:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:57:02.620375-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 522628, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002700/a002750/rhessi0254_web.jpg", "filename": "rhessi0254_web.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The 2.2MeV gamma-ray emission is prominent.", "width": 320, "height": 240, "pixels": 76800 } } }, { "id": 403029, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3162, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3162/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "RHESSI and TRACE View of January 20, 2005 Solar Flare", "description": "RHESSI spacecraft images of gamma-rays (blue) and X-rays (red) thrown off by the hottest part of the flare are shown with UV images from the TRACE spacecraft. The gamma rays are made by energetic protons at the Sun. 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The GOES-12/Solar X-Ray Imager was experiencing significant problems during this time period and was offline during part of the opening and closing portions of this movie, which is why there is a significant number of black frames. Actual data collection began on October 28, 2003 and terminated on November 5, 2003.This movie is part of a series of movies with matching cadence designed to play synchronously with each other. The other movies in this series are Halloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/EIT Ultraviolet, 195 angstromsHalloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/EIT Ultraviolet, 304 angstromsHalloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/MDI ContinuumHalloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/MDI MagnetogramsHalloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/EIT and SOHO/LASCO || ", "release_date": "2010-04-02T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:18.248296-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 493899, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003600/a003683/GOESSXI_stand.HD720p.00700.jpg", "filename": "GOESSXI_stand.HD720p.00700.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This movie plays a sequence of images collected in X-rays from the GOES-12 Soft X-ray Imager. 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This video shows the differences between the two by highlighting specific features of each. || ", "release_date": "2014-09-22T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:50:32.227904-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 451164, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011600/a011667/Thumbnail.png", "filename": "Thumbnail.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A video explaining the differences between coronoal mass ejections and flares.For complete transcript, click here.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 403032, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10109, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10109/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares", "description": "Flares happen when the powerful magnetic fields in and around the sun reconnect. They're usually associated with active regions, often seen as sun spots, where the magnetic fields are strongest. Flares are classified according to their strength. The smallest ones are B-class, followed by C, M and X, the largest. Similar to the Richter scale for earthquakes, each letter represents a ten-fold increase in energy output. So an X is 10 times an M and 100 times a C. Within each letter class, there is a finer scale from 1 to 9. C-class flares are too weak to noticeably affect Earth. M-class flares can cause brief radio blackouts at the poles and minor radiation storms that might endanger astronauts. Although X is the last letter, there are flares more than 10 times the power of an X1, so X-class flares can go higher than 9. The most powerful flare on record was in 2003, during the last solar maximum. It was so powerful that it overloaded the sensors measuring it. They cut-out at X17, and the flare was later estimated to be about X45. A powerful X-class flare like that can create long lasting radiation storms, which can harm satellites and even give airline passengers, flying near the poles, small radiation doses. X flares also have the potential to create global transmission problems and world-wide blackouts. || ", "release_date": "2011-08-09T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:53:41.957045-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 487409, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010100/a010109/Solar_Flares_1280x720_Still_1_print.jpg", "filename": "Solar_Flares_1280x720_Still_1_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Short narrated video about flares, how they are classified, and their effect on Earth.For complete transcript, click here.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 403033, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 20033, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20033/", "page_type": "Animation", "title": "Simplified Model for a Solar Flare", "description": "This solar flare animation illustrates the role of magnetic field lines and reconnection events in the phenomenon. || Movie of simplified solar flare model || Flare_pre.00027_print.jpg (1024x691) [77.8 KB] || Flare_thm.png (80x40) [16.5 KB] || Flare_pre.jpg (320x197) [7.6 KB] || Flare_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [68.4 KB] || Flare.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.4 MB] || Flare.mpg (720x486) [2.6 MB] || ", "release_date": "2004-12-03T12:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:56:30.243621-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 517482, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a020000/a020000/a020033/Flare_pre.00027_print.jpg", "filename": "Flare_pre.00027_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Movie of simplified solar flare model", "width": 1024, "height": 691, "pixels": 707584 } } } ], "extra_data": {} } ] }