Mouse over for the view from 5 years ago. Click for full size.
Fifteen Active Regions in One Image
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Wow! We've come into the maximum phase of solar cycle 24 and the Sun is showing it. This image shows 14 distinct active regions named by NOAA and another one rotating over the limb. The complex in the upper middle (ARs 11654 & 11652) has been particularly active, with four M-class flares and many smaller ones over the last few days. Mouse over the image to see what the Sun looked like using this filter 5 years ago during the last solar minimum. What a difference! See this previous XPOW for a long-duration movie that strings together over 5 years of similar images using a different filter. [Filters: Be_thin] |
(Prepared by Patrick McCauley)
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