X1.8 Flare from Sept. 7, 2011 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

X1.8 Flare from Sept. 7, 2011

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An X1.8 flare from Sept. 7, 2011, captured here with by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

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Credit: NASA/SDO/LMSAL/GOES

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