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DescriptionSun Spots and Solar Flares.jpg	English: An M7.9 class solar flare, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Date	24 March 2012
Source	http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2201.html
Author	NASA/SDO
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