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Sunspot and Flare, March 2012

Solar activity creates radio noise on Earth and increases the chances of auroras.


Images by NASA/SDO/HMI (top) and NASA/SDO/AIA (bottom). Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published March 7, 2012
Data acquired March 5, 2012

Source:
SDO > HMI