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Two M-flares March 10, 2012

Two M-flares March 10, 2012
An active region on the sun, seen here as the bright spot in the upper right quadrant, has been moving across the face of the sun from left to right since March 2, 2012. Designated AR 1429, the spot has so far produced three X-class flares and numerous M-class flares.

An active region on the sun, seen here as the bright spot in the upper right quadrant, has been moving across the face of the sun from left to right since March 2, 2012. Designated AR 1429, the spot has so far produced three X-class flares and numerous M-class flares. This image was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on March 10, 2012 at 12:29PM EST in the 304 Angstrom wavelength.

Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA