Images: Powerful solar flare erupts

solar flare

One of the largest solar flares on record was recorded by the NOAA Space Center in Boulder, Colo., at 1:40 p.m. EDT on Sept. 7. Forecasters are predicting significant solar eruptions over the next few days.
Electric power systems, high-frequency communications, low-frequency navigation systems and spacecraft operations may experience disruptions over the next two weeks.
LASCO (Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph) is able to take images of the solar corona by blocking the light coming directly from the sun.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:01 GMT (09:01 PDT)
Caption by: Bill Detwiler
Sun

As seen in this Sept. 2 photo, highly active sunspot clusters on the sun have been producing a series of significant solar disruptions over the past two weeks.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:01 GMT (09:01 PDT)
Caption by: Bill Detwiler

Images: Powerful solar flare erupts

Forecasters observed one of the largest solar flares ever and predict disruptions over the next two weeks.

solar flare

One of the largest solar flares on record was recorded by the NOAA Space Center in Boulder, Colo., at 1:40 p.m. EDT on Sept. 7. Forecasters are predicting significant solar eruptions over the next few days.

Electric power systems, high-frequency communications, low-frequency navigation systems and spacecraft operations may experience disruptions over the next two weeks.

LASCO (Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph) is able to take images of the solar corona by blocking the light coming directly from the sun.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:01 GMT (09:01 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler