PICK OF THE WEEK: Large Flare and CME

[SOHO]

The clip of the large X2 flare (Feb. 15, 2011) seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in extreme ultraviolet light has been enlarged and superimposed on SOHO's C2 coronagraph for the same period. This was the largest flare in over four years.
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/16feb2011/X2_C2_combo.jpg


More... (http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/16feb2011/)

[NinjaPhil]

Thanks for sharing - that was epic.

[elysian]

Thanks. The video on there is amazing.

[Richard]

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/16feb2011/X2_C2_combo.mpg

[Nortreb]

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/16feb2011/X2_C2_combo.mpg

Thanks Richard! Powerful....

[Gaia]

Amazing !! Our star is waking up...