Visual and photographic white light flare observations of 4 July 1974

Visual impressions and a photograph of an intense white-light flare are presented. A densitometer trace across the July 4, 1974, flare showing relative intensity of the white-light flare, photosphere, and umbra is also shown. A second white-light flare is suspected on a photograph taken 4-3/4 hr later. Both flares coincide in time with major H alpha-flare activity.