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000007751 100__ $$aShearer, Nicole
000007751 245__ $$aSolar flare seen by Solar Orbiter
000007751 260__ $$c2025
000007751 269__ $$c2025-03-11
000007751 520__ $$aThis dazzling solar flare was captured by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission on 30 September 2024. A solar flare is a tremendous explosion on the Sun that happens when energy stored in ‘twisted’ magnetic fields is suddenly released. In a matter of just a few minutes a solar flare heats material to many millions of degrees and produces bursts of radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays. The radiation from solar flares directly affects Earth’s upper atmosphere and radio communications. This is why it’s so important that we watch and monitor flares to better understand them. This flare was classified as a medium-sized or ‘M-class’ flare, which can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. The video uses images taken by Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument. It was made by scientists at the Royal Observatory of Belgium using the JHelioviewer software, which anyone can use to make their own solar flare movies. All EUI data is accessible through the JHelioviewer application. Never before has a space mission been able to observe solar flares in such high resolution in space and time. The video is sped up. In reality the flare lasted about 15 minutes.
000007751 594__ $$aSTCE
000007751 6531_ $$aSolar Orbiter
000007751 6531_ $$aEUI
000007751 6531_ $$aflare
000007751 700__ $$aMueller, Daniel
000007751 700__ $$aBerghmans, David
000007751 8560_ $$fdavid.berghmans@ksb-orb.be
000007751 85642 $$ahttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/03/Solar_flare_seen_by_Solar_Orbiter
000007751 980__ $$aPRESSREL