Continued Strong Solar Flare Activity: May 10-14, 2024

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the two solar flares on May 10 and May 11, 2024. The flares are classified as X5.8 and X1.5-class flares, respectively. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 193, 171 and 131 channels. Available with EDT and UTC time labels as well as unlabeled.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am EDT on May 11, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 193, 171 and 131 channels.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X5.8 solar flare peaking at 9:23 pm EDT on May 10, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 193, 171 and 131 channels.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X5.8 solar flare peaking at 9:23 pm EDT on May 10, 2024. The image shows SDO's 131 channel, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X5.8 solar flare peaking at 9:23 pm EDT on May 10, 2024. The image shows SDO's 193 channel, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am EDT on May 11, 2024. The image shows SDO's 131 channel, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the two solar flares on May 13 and May 14, 2024. The flares are classified as X1.7 and X1.2-class flares, respectively. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA171 and 131 channels. Available with EDT and UTC time labels as well as unlabeled.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X1.7 solar flare peaking at 10:09 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 171 and 131 channels.

Credit: NASA/SDO

Cropped version of the above.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this imagery of an X1.7 solar flare peaking at 10:09 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2024. The clip covers 9:00 to 11:48 p.m. and shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 171 and 131 channels.

Credit: NASA/SDO

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this imagery of an X1.7 solar flare peaking at 10:09 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2024. The clip covers 9:00 to 11:48 p.m. and shows 131 angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares.

Credit: NASA/SDO

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this imagery of an X1.7 solar flare peaking at 10:09 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2024. The clip covers 9:00 to 11:48 p.m. and shows 171 angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights hot loops of plasma in the Sun's corona.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X1.2 solar flare peaking at 8:55 a.m. EDT on May 14, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 171 and 131 channels.

Credit: NASA/SDO

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X1.2 solar flare peaking at 8:55 a.m. EDT on May 14, 2024. The image shows 131 angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares.

Credit: NASA/SDO