SOHO Pick of The Week: FOUR, COUNT 'EM, 4 X-CLASS FLARES IN TWO DAYS (MAY 17, 2013)
A very energetic active region popped off four X-flares (largest class) in just two days (May 13, 15, 2013), each also was associated with a fast coronal mass ejection (CME), which can be seen in views from SOHO's LASCO C3 coronagraph. This active region had a very tangled magnetic field structure. The action was caught by SOHO's C3 coronagraph. The Sun itself (represented by the central, white circle) is blocked out by an occulting disk, so that the fainter structures beyond the Sun's corona can be observed. The extended white just to the Sun?s left is Mercury, whose brightness causes the light to spread out across our CCD.
For hires picture and movies go to SOHO Pick of The Week
For hires picture and movies go to SOHO Pick of The Week