An M-Class Solar Flare Erupted on Jan. 12, 2015 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

An M-Class Solar Flare Erupted on Jan. 12, 2015

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An M-class solar flare erupts from the right side of the sun in this image from shortly before midnight EST on Jan. 12, 2015. The image blends two wavelengths of light -- 171 and 304 angstroms -- as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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