Led Lights On Walnut Tree - Endless Light 🌲💫✨🌌 1/33s F/1.89 5.43mm ISO 132 . 📷 #pocox3nfc

A piece of grass 🌱 on decorative white stones 🗿 Pic1: F/1.9 5.43mm 1/500s ISO-100, raw 📷 #pocox3nfc . . . #grass #nofilter #white #decorativestones #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #raw_community_member https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxDHXBMF_y/?igshid=1f7nfz0777b9d

Day 5: Arch - San Simeone Piccolo in Venezia - a daily photo challenge by @rebels_united F/1.89 5.43mm 1/2228s ISO-100,,raw 📸 #pocox3nfc . . #luxiumtaurus #venezia #SantaCroce #church #SanSimeonePiccolo #instalike #photooftheday #awesome #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #rebel_scapes #raw_community_member #rebels_united #raw_mobile #raw_mobilephoto #RebelsUnitedSept2022POTD (at Italia, Venezia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiHsKd0IPE6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Beginning of spring - Dandelion 🌟🌿🌼🍀🌟 Pic1: F/1.89 5.43mm 1/331s ISO-100 📷 #pocox3nfc . . . #dandelion #nofilter #yellow #karahindiba #löwenzahn #macrophotography #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #nature #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #raw_community https://www.instagram.com/p/CN7jFlcsM3t/?igshid=z71fw91yuk1l

layers in wooden post - tree rings 🪵🌤️ a daily photo challenge by @rebels_united day 3 F/1.89 5.43mm 1/816s ISO-100, raw 📸 #pocox3nfc . . #luxiumtaurus #raw #layers #treerings #woodenpost #look #instagood #life #insta #follow #me #smile #instalike #photooftheday #awesome #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #rebels_nature #raw_community_member #rebels_united #RebelsUnitedJuly2022POTD (at Wiener Neustadt, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfjYNSioGwF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 3: One - The Sun II by Ugo Rondinone exhibition "burn shine fly" of Venice Biennale 2022 - A great artwork a sunshine in the night - a daily photo challenge by @rebels_united F/1.89 5.43mm 1/20s ISO-990,,raw 📸 #pocox3nfc . . #luxiumtaurus #venezia #thesunII #UgoRondinone #venicebiennale2022 #rebel_sky #sculpture #instalike #photooftheday #awesome #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #rebel_scapes #raw_community_member #rebels_united #raw_mobile #raw_mobilephoto #RebelsUnitedSept2022POTD (at Italia, Venezia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiCY66IoTDs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Snow 🌨️on grass at nightshot 🌌 - night shot series Pic1: F/1.89 5.43mm 1/8s ISO-14934 . 📷 #pocox3nfc . . . . #snow #grass #night #nofilter #series #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #nature #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFJA_3B-UO/?igshid=1bbpqcxt4nv3s

The Sun Just Released the Most Powerful Flare of this Solar Cycle

The Sun released two significant solar flares on Sept. 6, including one that clocked in as the most powerful flare of the current solar cycle.

The solar cycle is the approximately 11-year-cycle during which the Sun’s activity waxes and wanes. The current solar cycle began in December 2008 and is now decreasing in intensity and heading toward solar minimum, expected in 2019-2020. Solar minimum is a phase when solar eruptions are increasingly rare, but history has shown that they can nonetheless be intense.

Footage of the Sept. 6 X2.2 and X9.3 solar flares captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light (131 angstrom wavelength)

Our Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, which watches the Sun constantly, captured images of both X-class flares on Sept. 6.

Solar flares are classified according to their strength. X-class denotes the most intense flares, followed by M-class, while the smallest flares are labeled as A-class (near background levels) with two more levels in between. Similar to the Richter scale for earthquakes, each of the five levels of letters represents a 10-fold increase in energy output. 

The first flare peaked at 5:10 a.m. EDT, while the second, larger flare, peaked at 8:02 a.m. EDT.

Footage of the Sept. 6 X2.2 and X9.3 solar flares captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light (171 angstrom wavelength) with Earth for scale

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb Earth’s atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.

Both Sept. 6 flares erupted from an active region labeled AR 2673. This area also produced a mid-level solar flare on Sept. 4, 2017. This flare peaked at 4:33 p.m. EDT, and was about a tenth the strength of X-class flares like those measured on Sept. 6.

Footage of the Sept. 4 M5.5 solar flare captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light (131 angstrom wavelength)

This active region continues to produce significant solar flares. There were two flares on the morning of Sept. 7 as well. 

For the latest updates and to see how these events may affect Earth, please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center at http://spaceweather.gov, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, alerts, watches and warnings.

Follow @NASASun on Twitter and NASA Sun Science on Facebook to keep up with all the latest in space weather research.

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Day5: Macro - Red bra in detail Daily photo challenge by @rebels_united . . #luxiumtaurus #pocox3nfc #bra #red #march #instalike #photooftheday #awesome #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #raw_community_member #rebels_united #rebel_scapes #raw_mobile #raw_mobilephoto #rebel_colors #challenge #potd #raw_community #raw_colours #raw_textures #raw_collage #raw_minimal #rebel_macro #iso100colors #iso100_explore #RebelsUnitedMar2023POTD (at Westfield Shopping City Süd) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpau21_I_qW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hope for 2023 - Hover fly - Also, like honey🐝 bees, they are important for pollination of flowers🌼.. Without 🐝🐝🐝bees & co the world 🗺️would be pretty empty🌐! 24h challenge by @raw_community & @raw_challenge_ 📸 #mi10tpro . . #luxiumtaurus #bee #hoverfly #pollination #flower #january #instalike #photooftheday #awesome #photography #picoftheday #rebels_nature #nothingisordinary #raw_community_member #rebels_united #raw_mobile #raw_mobilephoto #raw_snap_2023 (at Wiener Neustadt, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnbbzXqoikU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 5: Macro - My lovely Lego rabbit in macro bokeh 🐇 Daily photo challenge by @rebels_united 📸 #mi10tpro . . #luxiumtaurus #lego #rabbit #february #instalike #photooftheday #awesome #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #raw_community_member #rebels_united #rebel_scapes #raw_mobile #raw_mobilephoto #rebel_colors #challenge #potd #raw_community #raw_colours #raw_textures #raw_collage #raw_minimal #rebel_macro #iso100colors #iso100_explore #RebelsUnitedFeb2023POTD (at Vienna, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSdH8qIGxJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=