Solar Flares
!In only 100 to 1000 seconds the equivalent of 2.5 million nuclear bombs (10e24 joules of energy) may be released!
 
 

This SOHO image shows the largest solar flare on record. The sun is blocked out by the dark central disk, so that a photo of the solar corona can be taken. On the right, we see the massive flare shooting outward from the sun.
 

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