Location and morphology of the 3 May 2023 M7 event. Left panel: Location on the solar disk. Right panel: Context images showing (left to right, top to bottom) SDO/HMI continuum, SDO/AIA 1700 Å (pre-flare subtracted, see Sect. 3.3), SDO/AIA 304 Å, SDO/HMI continuum running differences (see Eq. (2)), SDO/HMI magnetogram, and SDO/AIA 131 Å. All of the images were taken at the time of the GOES X-ray flux peak, except SDO/AIA 131 Å, which was taken about 10 minutes after.