The sun unleashed an M4.7 class flare at 8:32 EDT on May 9, 2012 as captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The flare was over quickly and there was no coronal mass ejection associated with it. This image is shown in the 131 Angstrom wavelength, a wavelength that is typically colorized in teal and that provided the most detailed picture of this particular flare.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO
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dodagp 13 months ago | reply
Most reflective image,lovely bluish lighting !!!!!!!!!
meadowmom 13 months ago | reply
Spectacular. (A blue-green sun...that's a new idea to me....)
Child of the King Photography 13 months ago | reply
W O W
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Seen in my contacts' photos. ( ?² )
camerarchitect 13 months ago | reply
looks angelic
Denissaur 13 months ago | reply
fantastic splash
Tom Anderson 13 months ago | reply
Are those helical forms radiating from the centre artifacts of the imaging process, or something real? Either way, what are they?
*NEWMAN* 13 months ago | reply
Looks like a photoedition, and what is the object at the center? the one that are like a beam?