Solar Flare Captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 22, 2013 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Solar Flare Captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 22, 2013

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These images of a solar flare were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 22, 2013. This image shows light in the 131 Angstrom wavelength, a wavelength that shows material heated to intense temperatures during a flare and that is typically colorized in teal.

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