"This is the Real Fire Hell"... Mysterious Sun Photo Taken from 36,000 km [Reading Science]

NASA Releases Photos from Solar Orbiter on March 31
Captured in Ultra-High Resolution from 36,000 km Away
Intense Solar Flare Observed Evokes 'Hellscape' Imagery

Photo by NASA.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] "This is what hellfire looks like." NASA has released ultra-high-resolution vivid images of the sun taken from the closest distance.

On the 2nd, NASA announced that on the 31st of last month, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, orbiting the sun, succeeded in capturing images of the sun from a distance of 36,000 km, with a resolution about 10 times higher than that of high-definition TV.

In particular, these photos vividly capture the eruption of an M-class solar flare (a phenomenon where a large amount of energy is suddenly released from the sun's chromosphere or lower corona). It almost makes one think, "If there is a hellfire, it must look like this." High-intensity solar flares emit large amounts of X-rays and extreme ultraviolet rays, ionizing the Earth's upper atmosphere and disrupting high-frequency radio communications.

Photo by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

In fact, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) assigned a rating of M9.6 to the flare captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on that day. This means it is an unprecedentedly strong flare just below the highest X-class rating. NOAA stated, "This flare caused slight radio interference on Earth." The UK Met Office also reported, "There were minor communication disruptions in aviation and marine communications for several tens of minutes, and amateur radio and shortwave broadcasts were also affected."

Moreover, some solar flares are accompanied by massive coronal mass ejections, which lead to beautiful aurora displays observable from Earth. Reports of aurora sightings continued from the night of the 30th to the 31st in Canada, northern United States, and New Zealand regions.