Solar Flare 2024 Map. The sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 1:53 a.m. The image shows a blend of 171 angstrom and 131 angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light.
Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of sdo’s aia 193, 171 and 131 channels.
