Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Rotating Sunspots Triggered Massive Solar Flare

An image of the sun on Feb. 15, 2011, using composite data of the sun's surface from SDO/HMI and the sun's corona from SDO/AIA. The cutout region shows the five rotating sunspots of the active region , and the bright release of light from the X-class solar flare.

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