File:Valentine’s Day Solar Flare (15 feb 2011, class X2.2)- NASA-SDO.gif

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Summary

Description	Español: Secuencia animada de la Tormenta del Día de San Valentín, la primer llamarada de clase X del Ciclo Solar 24, producida el 15 de febrero de 2011. Imágenes tomadas por el satélite SDO de la NASA
Date	23 May 2013, 00:42:58
Source	Valentine’s Day Solar Flare (NASA)
Author	NASA/SDO

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