Yesterday , the Sunday spewed out an ten - form solar flare . It attain its tempestuous point just before 8 pm last Nox , and NASA ’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — which is on sun watch 24/7 — caught it on camera through six different wavelengths .
Here ’s a niggling explanation from NASA on the series of rainbow - hued shotsyou’re looking at :
These SDO images from 7:25 p.m. EST on Feb. 24 show the first moments of this X - class flash in different wavelengths of luminousness — seen as the vivid spot that seem on the left tree branch of the Dominicus . Hot solar material can be seen hovering above the active region in the sun ’s air , the Saint Ulmo’s light . Solar flare are powerful bursts of radiation , come along as giant wink of light in the SDO images . Harmful radiation from a flair can not pass through Earth ’s air to physically affect man on the ground , however — when intense enough — they can disturb the standard atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communicating signals travel .
We ’ll never stop to be amazed by the wonders we can see , thanks only to NASA ’s constant distance surveillance . [ NASA ]
Image Credit : NASA / SDO
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