sun flare
Star's bright outburst
A sun flare is a sudden, intense burst of radiation from the sun's surface, caused by the release of magnetic energy.
Large flares can disrupt radio communications and satellite systems on Earth.
In photography and film, sun flare (or lens flare) refers to the scattered light artifacts that appear when sunlight hits a camera lens directly: The director used sun flare for a dreamy effect.
- coronaStar's outermost atmosphere
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
burst · light burst · prominence · aurora · northern lights · sunspot · geomagnetic · storm · radio blackout · brightness · heat · blinding · glare · explosion · space weather · charged particles · ionosphere · electromagnetic
- lightdaylight, shine, rays, moonlight, beam
- backlightingrim light, edge lighting
- Sunlightsunbeam, sunbeams, sunrise, rays, beam
- sky opticsrainbow, double rainbow, sundog, halo, lunar halo
- lens flawscoma, astigmatism, vignetting, distortion, ghosting