Close-up of X-Class Solar Flare

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this close-up look of the July 7 X-Class Solar Flare that temporarily disrupted radio communications in Europe. The flare erupted from the massive active region AR1515, the source of numerous recent coronal mass ejections.

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