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ISRO Aditya L-1 Images: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday shared awe-inspiring pictures of the Sun, taken by its ambitious solar probe Aditya L-1. These pictures, taken during May showcased various geomagnetic phenomena happening on the surface of our own star. According to the agency the passing of the Active region on the Sun's surface, during its passage during the week of May 8 – 15, 2024, erupted several X-class and M-class flares, which were associated with Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) during May 8 and 9.

Two remote sensing instruments aboard the Aditya L-1 probe - SoLEXS and HEL1OS - captured the geomagnetic storm that erupted due to the Coronal Mass Ejections on May 8-9. Two other in-situ payloads (ASPEX and MAG) captured this event on May 10-11, 2024 during its passage through L1.

Further, the agency said that two more remote sensing instruments onboard Aditya-L1, the Solar Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) and the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) captured some more images of the magnificent activity ongoing on the solar surface after May 14, as they were in calibration mode during the earlier CME events.

Sharing a green-dot solar image with bright yellow spots in between, the agency said: "NB3 shows the bright, active regions on the Solar disk. The active regions signify magnetically active regions on the Sun’s surface. Large solar flares may originate in these active regions due to changes in magnetic field. The Sun is moving towards solar maximum, giving rise to enhanced activity. So, there are several active regions visible around the equatorial region."

ISRO also shared images taken by the SUIT payload during the Sun's position in a narrow band. In the green circular image of the sun, dark spots can be seen clearly.

"The continuum emission shows the sunspots in the active regions. The plages around the active regions are also visible," the agency captioned the image.

Meanwhile, the spectacular images left the internet users spellbound, with several commenting and congratulating the Indian space agency.

"Magnificent Images. Amidst the political news, we must take time to appreciate the true technical and scientific brilliance of ISRO," wrote one user Ujjal Maity, while a curious user asked ISRO to share more details in the discovery, "Kindly share the details or meaning of those different class flares and what are the effects?" Surata wrote.