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Sunday, September 17, 2017

NASA Solar Flare

NASA’s SDO Captures Image
of Mid-level Flare
Sept. 5, 2017
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 4:33 pm EDT on Sept. 4, 2017. 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.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/sdo131sept4fulldisklighter1041-sq.gif?itok=LRZ8CLNd


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