NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory captures the flare on December 14, 2023.
On December 14, 2023, NASA captured something spectacular and beautiful from theirSolar Dynamics Observatory(SDO).
SDO is part of NASA’s Living With a Star (LWS) Program.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captures the flare on December 14, 2023. (Photo:NASA/SDO)
The craftstudiesthe Sun’s magnetic field from its specially crafted orbit that always keeps the Sun in view.
The December 2023 flare emerged from AR 3514, an active sunspot visible on the solar surface.
Thesolar flareis categorized as an X2.8 bang out.
The September 10, 2017 flare. (Photo:NASA/SDO/Goddard)
This is the most intense of five flare categories.
It was a release of electromagnetic radiation, what NASA calls our solar systems largest explosive events.
The flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection.
If the material is directed towards the Earth, geomagnetic and ionospheric storms can occur.
Both can significantly disrupt technology in the near-Earth space environment.
CMEs can cause auroras on Earth.
Viewers as far south asBostonwere also forecasted to glimpse a peek.
The September 10, 2017 flare.
