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That’s one gorgeous mid-level solar flare

Slightly dated news from NASA, along with a fantastic photo:

An active region on the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 4:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 5, 2014. This is the second mid-level flare from the same active region, labeled AR 12205, which rotated over the left limb of the sun on Nov. 3.Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earths 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.

Via: NASA – Third Mid-Level Flare From New Sunspot.

Filed Under: Planet Earth

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