SDO captures images of mid-level solar flares
NASA's SDO captured images of three mid-level solar flares March 7-9, 2015, all from the same active region on the surface of the sun. This image of the flares shows a wavelength of EUV light that highlights the intense heat of a solar flare and that is typically colorized in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the flares, which were classified as an M5.8-class and an M5.1-class, respectively.
These were the second and third flares from the same active region — numbered Active Region 12297 — after it rotated over the left side of the sun on March 7.
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