Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 4, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 4, 2014 NASA's Releases Images of a Mid-level Solar Flare 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.Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 4, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Twisting Solar Eruption and FlareThe 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.Music: “No Comment Before Sunset" by Lars Leonhard, courtesy of the artist and BineMusic.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterSource: NASA - Goddard Media Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 4, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted October 4, 2014 An SDO image of the sun showing the flare has been posted in the Sun, Eclipses and Transits section of UM's Space Exploration gallery: SDO View of M7.3 Class Solar Flare on Oct. 2, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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