Solar Flare Gallery
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| A composite image of multiple solar flares. | 60 yottajoules of energy can be released with a flare. That's a lotta joules (honk!). |
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| A close-up of a flare from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft. See an associated video. |
This image shows a tremendous burst of X-rays associated with the flare. It's also green, which is always good. |
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| Coronal Mass Ejections occur when solar flares 'short circuit'. | The plasma expelled in a flare can be heated to 10,000,000oC |
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| Click on the image to see a video of a solar flare and associated Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). | The aurora are caused by charged particles from flares and CMEs hitting the magnetosphere. Video. |
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| Inside the sun it's really toasty. Click on the image for a large version, or here for a labelled version of the diagram. |
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