From AFP (Agence-France Presse), via Yahoo News, UK & Ireland:
"A January 19 image provided by NASA shows an M3.2 solar flare captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday."
Fascinating!
9 comments:
Guess I had better cover my "nethers".......sheeeesh!
Neeto Skeeto! I love science! And I like to be flare-y. Or whatever. And, trees are purple, I hear.
I'm pretty sure that's a false-color image, the colors representing magnetic field strength.
Ah, ya nerd ya! *chuckles*
Very cool image!
I like how they say it's the worse since 2005... But no mention of the worse ones on record.
cool, isn't it?
Do not forget yer sunscreen..sheesh that stuff will zap your skin like a bug flying into a bug zapper..
Isn't that a glorious picture! No doubt, the filters on the telescope account for it, but wouldn't it be something if there were more to the sun than just a ball of fire.
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