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"title": "Sun Emits Mid-Level Flare on October 2, 2014",
"description": "The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 3:01 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun 24-hours a day, captured images of the flare. 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 M7.3 flare. M-class flares are one-tenth as powerful as the most powerful flares, which are designated X-class flares. || ",
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"alt_text": "Video of flare and eruption in several wavelengths. It begins with 304 angstrom, then 171, and finally a blend of 304, 171 and 131, which shows the hottest flaring regions.Music: \"No Comment Before Sunset\" by Lars Leonhard, courtesy of the artist and BineMusic.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.For complete transcript, click here.",
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