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Scientists spot a solar flare with surprising spectral behavior

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Scientists spot a solar flare with surprising spectral behavior
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On August 19, 2022, solar astronomers using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on the Hawaiian island of Maui caught the fading remnants of a C-class solar flare. Their observations showed something unusual: very strong spectral fingerprints of calcium II H and hydrogen-epsilon lines.

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