Sun Erupted with An X1.7-Class Solar Flare on May 12, 2013 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Sun Erupted with An X1.7-Class Solar Flare on May 12, 2013

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The sun erupted with an X1.7-class solar flare on May 12, 2013. This is a blend of two images of the flare from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory: One image shows light in the 171-angstrom wavelength, the other in 131 angstroms.

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