MIENTRAS RESPIRAS ▲ SDO Sees Trio of Mid-Level Flares

SDO Sees Trio of Mid-Level Flares

The sun emitted three mid-level solar flares on July 22 and 23, 2016, the strongest peaking at 1:16 am EDT on July 23. The sun is currently in a period of low activity, moving toward whats called solar minimum when there are few to no solar eruptions – so these flares were the first significant events observed since April. They are categorized as mid-strength flares, substantially less intense than the most powerful solar flares. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein Music: Rubicon by Sam Hamilton This video is public domain, and high resolution downloads and a complete transcript are available: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12326 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel:http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Or subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts HD Podcast:http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/iTunes/f0004_index.htmlFollow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitterhttp://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagramhttp://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+http://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts