Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 11, 2015 #1 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Sun Emits Significant Solar Flare The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 12:22 p.m. EDT on March 11, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. 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... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 11, 2015 Author #2 Share Posted March 11, 2015 X-Class Flare on March 11, 2015This movie shows an X2.2-class solar flare on March 11, 2015. The imagery was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light.Credit: NASA/SDOSource: NASA - YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regeneratia Posted March 12, 2015 #3 Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) Sun Emits Significant Solar Flare Yeppers, I saw that. Great video of it: Link: Will try and embed it: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1osCIgn2q2Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Edited March 12, 2015 by regeneratia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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