Graceful Eruption
On April 2, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 10:05 a.m. EDT, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured imagery 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.
This video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the flare in a blend of two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light: 304 angstroms and 171 angstroms, colorized in red and yellow, respectively.
Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.
A mid-level flare, an M6.5, erupted from the sun on April 2, 2014, peaking at 10:05 a.m. EDT. This image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the flare in a blend of two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light: 304 angstroms and 171 angstroms, colorized in red and yellow, respectively.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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This page was originally published on Friday, April 4, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:51 PM EDT.