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Credit & Copyright: Antonio Tartarini
Explanation:
The natural filter of a hazy atmosphere offered this
recognizable architecture and sunset view on March 27.
Dark against the solar disk,
large sunspots in solar active regions 2975 and 2976 are wedged between
the Duomo of Pisa and its
famous
Leaning Tower.
Only one day later,
Sun-staring
spacecraft
watched active region 2975 unleash a
frenzy
of solar flares
along with two coronal mass ejections.
The largest impacted the magnetosphere on March 31
triggering a geomagnetic storm and
aurorae in high-latitude
night skies.
On March
30,
active region 2975 erupted again with a powerful
X-class solar flare
that caused a temporary radio blackout on planet Earth.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Sun - solar activity
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See also:
- APOD: 2024 September 2 Á A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
- APOD: 2024 August 18 Á A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 28 Á Sun Dance
- Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun
- APOD: 2024 May 28 Á Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
- APOD: 2024 May 26 Á A Solar Filament Erupts