Friday, July 09, 2004

Solar flare images

Perhaps the most extreme flare ever seen erupted on Nov. 4 ...




... and then this coronal mass ejection was hurled into space.



IMAGES: SOHO/NASA/ESA

If you want to see what the sun looks like during a "normal" period, check out http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sun_cam_animated.html for images of the sun over the last several days.

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