[SFDXA] Sun Unleashes Major Solar Flare (Video)

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Sun Unleashes Major Solar Flare (Video)
By Tariq Malik, Managing Editor   |   April 25, 2014 06:47am ET

The sun erupted with a massive solar flare late Thursday (April 24), 
triggering a temporary communications blackout on some parts of Earth.

The powerful flare peaked at 8:27 p.m. EDT Thursday (0027 April 25 GMT), 
and ranked as an X1.3-class solar storm, one of the strongest types of 
flares the sun can experience, according to a report from the U.S. Space 
Weather Prediction Center. NASA's sun-watching Solar Dynamics 
Observatory captured video of the intense solar flare in several 
difference wavelengths.

The solar flare erupted from an active sunspot region known as Region 
2035 located on the far western side (or limb) of the sun as seen from 
Earth. Because of its position, the flare sparked a high-frequency radio 
blackout for about an hour on the daytime side of Earth, most likely 
over the Pacific Ocean and Eastern Pacific Rim, according to the SWPC 
update.