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English: On August 1, 2010, almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun erupted in a tumult of activity. This image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory of the news-making solar event on August 1 shows the C3-class solar flare (white area on upper left), a solar tsunami (wave-like structure, upper right), multiple filaments of magnetism lifting off the stellar surface, large-scale shaking of the solar corona, radio bursts, a coronal mass ejection and more.
This multi-wavelength extreme ultraviolet snapshot from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sun's northern hemisphere in mid-eruption. Different colours in the image represent different gas temperatures. Earth's magnetic field is still reverberating from the solar flare impact on August 3, 2010, which sparked aurorae as far south as Wisconsin and Iowa in the United States. Analysts believe a second solar flare is following behind the first flare and could re-energize the fading geomagnetic storm and spark a new round of Northern Lights.
Français : Image multi-spectrale dans l'ultraviolet lointain du soleil obtenue par la sonde Solar Dynamics Observatory de la NASA lors du pic d'activité solaire du 1er août 2010. On peut en particulier voir une Éruption solaire de classe C3 (zone blanche en haut à gauche), un tsunami solaire (vague en haut à droite), de multiples filaments s'élevant de la surface du soleil, une agitation à grande échelle de la couronne solaire, et une Éjection de masse coronale.
Cette image représente l'hémisphère nord du soleil au milieu de l'éruption. Les couleurs représentent différentes températures. Le 8 août 2010, le champs magnétique terrestre était toujours affecté par l'éruption qui a atteint notre planète le 03 août. Aux États-Unis, cette éruption a provoqué des aurores boréales très au sud, jusque dans le Wisconsin et l'Iowa.
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