A Solar Flare of Many Colors

Here’s a great look at a beautiful, leaping C2.2-Class solar flare from the Sun on January 5, 2012. The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the event and what’s awesome is how SDO can video one event in several different wavelengths. From the SDO team: The first view is 304 angstroms showing the cooler dense plumes of … Continue reading A Solar Flare of Many Colors