NASA SDO - X1.8 Solar Flare, September 7, 2011 @LittleSDOHMI

Uploaded September 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Within 24 hours active region 1283 produced a second X-class solar flare. This followed a M-class flare earlier. Even though all three Coronal Mass Ejections were propelled towards Earth, they will only delivery a glowing bounce to Earth's magnetic field.

Here are the two previous flares from this active region:

M5-class Solar Flare, September 6, 2011:
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X2-class Solar Flare, September 6, 2011:
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Credit: NASA SDO

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