Powerful X-Class Solar Flare Erupts From Active Sunspot | Video

Friday, July 6, 2012 - 22:00 in Astronomy & Space

Threatening for days to unleash the most powerful class of solar flare, sunspot AR1515 erupted with an X-1.1 flare on July 6th, 2012. Captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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