NASA's SDO Captures a February Solar Flare Triple Play

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spotted three X-class flares on the Sun between February 21 and 22, 2024. Watch this video to see what those events looked like in several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light that SDO captures. The video opens with quick shots of the three flares in different wavelength blends. The first is a blend of 131 and 171-angstrom-light imagery, the second is 171 and 304, and the last is 171 and 1600. Each wavelength highlights different temperature plasma and reveals different layers and features of the Sun. 131 angstrom light shows both the extremely hot plasma of flares (6-10 million Kelvin) and cooler plasma (400,000 Kelvin).
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO
Music: "Serene Reverie" from Reflections. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO
Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Producer
Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Editor
A. J. Christensen (AVL NCSA/University of Illinois): Visualizer
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[@l3ete1geuse]

Each one of those flares is equal to billions of atomic bombs.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

So do we keep it a secret from Russia,, Ukraine or Gaza?

[@hamzahkhan8952]

@ioAteMyTV everyone. nobody needs to possess that much power.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@@hamzahkhan8952 If people only had what they need we would never have left caves.

[@l3ete1geuse]

@@TheRadioAteMyTV WTF?

[@Ramsesxstv101]

Or hundreds of earth size explosion

[@TheMrTomkennedy]

Love this!! Thanks guys, with details from my space weather app, this is awesome.

[@grzesu4391]

Thank You!🤩👍

[@MisterItchy]

Amazing images!

[@costaverde5945]

WoW, this is our Sun!!!!

[@Rmm1722]

Cool 😮

[@SolaceEasy]

Careful where you point that thing

[@wpherigo1]

Cool , but even brief commentary would be appreciated.

[@kagannasuhbeyoglu]

Our Star. It's fantastic...

[@johannavalentin5500]

5 billion years

[@vanesanartallo2342]

🌞💯👏

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Beautiful! Time to get out my solar telescope.

[@grokeffer6226]

👍👍👍

[@user-if7wp1pu8b]

magnetise volcanic erruption 😗

[@yawarali8227]

🌞 ☀️ 🌤 🌅

[@f3rn4n2x3str3ll4]

I wonder if this is what affected AT&Ts network

[@johannavalentin5500]

😃

[@VishnuIncarnation]

How do people still believe these clowns?

[@stevejordan7275]

Okay, I'll bite: Which clowns do you mean?

[@VishnuIncarnation]

@@stevejordan7275 NASA, Not a Space Agency