PICK OF THE WEEK: X4.9 Flare Erupts along with associated CME

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An active region at the edge of the Sun blew out an X4.9 flare (one of the largest of the current solar activity cycle) and a coronal mass ejection...



More... (http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/28feb2014/)