Dust over Eastern Australia
By Richard Chasey, posted on September 28th, 2009 in Disasters, Earth Observation
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory
Autralia’s worst dust storm in decades blows over Eastern Austalia.
NASA Daily Image
Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight million degrees during the energy release process of the flare. Image Credit: JAXA/Hinode