Limb Flare and scaled earth (IMAGE)

University of St. Andrews

Limb Flare and scaled earth

Caption

A solar limb flare with a comparatable scale of Earth 

Credit

Created by Alexander Russell (University of Andrews) using the open-source SunPy Python package and data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory space telescope via NASA EPIC Team

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