X-2 class solar flare. Composite Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) image showing a X-2 class solar flare erupting from the surface of the Sun on 26th O

---

X-2 class solar flare. Composite Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) image showing a X-2 class solar flare erupting from the surface of the Sun on 26th October 2014. This was the third X-class flare in 48 hours erupting from the largest active region, AR 12192, seen on the Sun in 24 years.

---

Size: 4217px × 4217px
Photo credit: © NASA/SDO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -2, -class, 26, 2014, 21st, 26th, active, activity, ar12192, astronomical, astronomy, astrophysical, astrophysics, background, black, century, class, dynamics, ejecting, energy, erupting, eruption, extreme, flare, flaring, heliology, high, image, nasa, observatory, october, physics, plasma, satellite, sdo, solar, space, star, stellar, sun, system, telescope, ultraviolet, uv, weather, x2