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The X-class flare was a very serious one, but it won t interfere with anything on Earth. The Sun acted too soon on the day of celebration - July 4, as a great solar flare erupted on the 3rd of July. NASA s Solar Dynamics Observatory was able to capture the outburst.
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X-class Flare
The flare that erupted was an X1.5-class flare. The largest flare the Sun emits is the X-classflare, before A-, B-, C-, and M-class flares. X-class flares are 10 times more powerful than M-class flares, on the hitting order, they are the next one down, and are our solar system s largest explosions - all respect to the 2012 great San Diego fireworks debacle.
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The sun is frequently undergoing cycles that see the number of solar storms rise and fall. An enormous solar storm erupted few days ago on the surface of the sun that blasted numerous tons of gas that were super-heated off the surface of the sun in Earth s direction.
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Coronal Mass Ejection
This kind of eruption is referred to as a coronal mass ejection, and on a universal scale, this eruption wasn t specifically powerful. However, it doesn t take a solar storm that is specifically powerful to cause perceptible results on earth. When the material emitted from the surface of the sun hit the magnetic field close to the earth, it provoked the most powerful geomagnetic storm seen in years.
about 3:00 yesterday afternoon, a mass ejection, not polar vortex, came out of the sun and hit the earth. now we have it on the north and south poles. if you go out there and look, you might be able to see some cool green and maybe even yellow light this is morning. nothing prettier than that. when we come back, the top headlines and everything you need to know for your day. there is a lot this morning. come back right after the break. female announcer: it s time to make room