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AIA 0193

AIA 0171

AIA 0304

AIA 0211

AIA 0131

AIA 0335

AIA 094

AIA 1600

AIA 1700

AIA 211, 193, 171

AIA 304, 211, 171

AIA 094, 335, 193

AIA 171 & HMIB

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Coronal Loops, Anyone?

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Coronal Loops, Anyone?

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SDO Mission Blog

It's Flare Season! - Wed, 22 Oct

Active Region 12192 has grown to 2410 millionths of a solar hemisphere (0.2410 % of one side of the ...

Fall 2014 Eclipse Season Ends; Lunar Transit is Next - Tue, 23 Sep

Yesterday saw the end of the Fall 2014 eclipse season. If you look carefully in the upper right corn...

Stationkeeping Burn #9 and an X1.6 Flare - Wed, 10 Sep

Today the sun let loose a X1.6 flare, starting at 1721 and peaking at 1745 UTC. ...

What’s at the Center of the Sun? - Sun, 31 Aug

Here is an illustration of a rocket flight from the surface of Earth to the center of the Sun. A few...

@TheSunToday

X1.6 solar flare near its peak - shown in 4 SDO/AIA wavelengths. http://t.co/4tYt6stSkb

22 Oct 2014

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