NASA Sees Sun Shoot an M7.7 Class Solar Flare on July 19, 2012 (IMAGE)

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NASA Sees Sun Shoot an M7.7 Class Solar Flare on July 19, 2012

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This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on July 19, 2012, of an M7.7 class solar flare. The image represents light in the 131 Angstrom wavelength, which is particularly good for seeing flares, and which is typically colorized in teal.

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