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Developing Sunspot Target Name:   Sun Spacecraft:   Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope Produced by:   NASA/JAXA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  21 March 2007 Related Documents International Spacecraft Reveals Detailed Processes on the Sun Stereo Eclipse The Sun Download Options Name Type Width x Height x Frames Size VSS00032.mov Quicktime 5M Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) provides crystal-clear images of features on the sun's surface. This video shows a whirl of a new developing sunspot colliding with an existing spot that explodes into a major solar flare. This solar flare, captured on December 13, 2006, produced high-energy protons that reached the Earth at the time of STS-116 Space Shuttle flight. The flare is shown in three different wavelengths.

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