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Flare may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (from wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

The word flare is also used in: A World War I-era parachute flare dropped from aircraft for illumination. ... A Solar Flare and CME, courtesy NASA A solar flare is a violent explosion in the Suns atmosphere with an energy equivalent to a billion megatons, traveling normally at about 1 million km per hour (about 0. ... A plumber wrench for working on pipes and fittings Plumbing, from the Latin for lead (plumbum), is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for potable water systems and the drainage of waste. ... A Thai teenager performs a counter-clockwise flare on the Bangkok Skytrain as his friend looks on. ... Flare is a Canadian fashion magazine. ... Flare is a science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Timoux Thomas, published in 1992. ... Flare Technology was a trio of ex-Sinclair employees based in Cambridge in the UK. Founded in 1986 by Martin Brennan, Ben Cheese and John Mathieson they initially did work for Amstrad whilst developing the 8-bit technology demonstrator the Flare 1, based on the ZX Spectrum under the codename... A gas flare at an oil refinery. ... Photograph of NASA lunar lander containing lens flare. ... Satellite flare is the phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces many satellites have today. ... Bell bottoms are trousers that become more wide from the knees downwards. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pants. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... The current edition Dragonlance logo, as seen on all books published in the more recent times. ... MyTravel Airways Airbus A320 landing Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal or aircraft returns to the ground. ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... Horses of different ages graze in a field near London, England Breeding season for horses is usually during the longer days of the year, so baby horses, or foals, have the advantage of mild weather. ... For the first installment in the series, see Final Fantasy (video game). ...

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NASA/Marshall Solar Physics (528 words)
Solar flares are often observed using filters to isolate the light emitted by hydrogen atoms in the red region of the solar spectrum (the H-alpha spectral line).
This is an example of a "two-ribbon" flare in which the flaring region appear as two bright lines threading through the area between sunspots within a sunspot group.
The flare (the bright area) lies along a section of a neutral line where the magnetic field is twisted (or sheared) to point along the neutral line instead of across it.
Flare (pyrotechnic) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (613 words)
Flares are used for signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications.
Flares generally produce their light through the combustion of magnesium metal, sometimes colored by the inclusion of other metals.
In the civilian world, flares are commonly used as distress signals, and may be ignited on the ground or fired as an aerial signal from a pistol-like flare gun.
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