NASA's SDO Captures Image of Mid-Class Solar Flare (IMAGE)

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NASA's SDO Captures Image of Mid-Class Solar Flare

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare -- as seen in the bright flash in the lower right hand side of the sun -- on Sept. 28, 2015. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extraordinarily hot material in flares and which is typically colorized in red.

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Credits: NASA/SDO

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