NASA Shares Photo of First Big Solar Flare of 2015
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SDO/NASA(NEW YORK) — NASA has shared a photo showing the first big solar flare of 2015.
Taken Monday night, the image from the space agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the powerful burst being ejected at 11:24 p.m. ET.
While powerful bursts of particles and radiation may seem worrisome, the flares generally cannot pass through Earth’s magnetosphere and atmosphere.
A perfect storm of particles and intense radiation however can impact satellite and radio transmissions and cause flights to be re-routed due to the changes the energy can create in Earth’s magnetic field.
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