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Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)

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The solar photosphere on Oct. 30, 2003. The major sunspot groups seen in the northern and southern hemispheres produced a series of solar flares followed by coronal mass ejections. They affected a variety of technological systems around the world.

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Kanzelhöhe Observatory, Austria

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