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![August 9, 2011 Earth-directed X6.9 Solar Flare [HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/puZY-jCCGM4/mqdefault.jpg "August 9, 2011 Earth-directed X6.9 Solar Flare [HD]
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This video taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet (131 angstrom) shows the August 9, 2011, X7 class flare which started at 3:48 AM EDT from sunspot 1263. The brunt of the explosion was not Earth-directed.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=105694111")
