NASA | Late Summer M5 Solar Flare

On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and STEREO captured images of the flare, which erupted on the left side of the sun. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.

This flare is classified as an M5 flare. M-class flares are ten times less powerful than the most intense flares, called X-class flares.

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[NASAGoddard]

Can't wait to get outside and enjoy what's left of the sun today? Here's a burst that happened Sunday, #ICYMI.

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[Oshbotscom]

0:51 It's amazing how powerful the suns' gravitational field actually is to stop and reverse such a huge explosion. Wow!

[artbyaline]

I'm sorry if that has been asked before but what is the music used in this video?

[ScorpionNani]

Dayum that was huge, glad it wasn't towards us.

[ohh]

wow, beautiful but the M class are 10 times less powerful than the X class.. are these rated like tornadoes with the ef5 being the most powerful? when was the last X class one.. sheesh O_O

[Ravedaze.]

I love seeing what the sun can throw at Pun intended :-)

[Flightstar]

That was a hell of a CME,   or for the layman, a Coronal Mass Ejaculation..

[Rockylamozzarella]

Heureusement quelle était pas dirigé vers nous

[heatherbaby]

Very fascinating to watch live footages I pray all the NASA people find and figure what the Sun really is besides whats discovered so far the Sun is obviously alive force of hot fire flaming something thyp thingy lol♥ its has me constantly wondering even wanting to visit if it wer possible lol any fire beings on it living on its surface like us humans on earth lol♥ the size of it compared the our planet is amazing & scary GIGANTIC lol♥ space air that humans can breath seems to hav a effect on the Sun like thers really nothing for the sun to obsorb & burn feeding thats how it most likely grew maybe the Sun obsorb all the other planets except ours cause we do have alot of water lol alot that naturally recycle its self evaporting vaporing precipitating like its trained to cool it self off when too hot it rains at times ETC. I could go on & on what I wonder of the Sun lol WHAT IS IT OTHER THAN WHAT ITS MADE OF ITS ALIVE AS YOU CLEARLY SEE & IT HAS ALOT TO DO WITH THE LIGHT OF DAY ON EARTH SO I PRAY EARHTHLINGS WE FIND OUT VERY SOON ♥♥♥♥

[heatherbaby]

IN THE BEGINNING ON EARTH THERE WAS DARKNESS THEN THERE WAS LIGHT ETC. THE SUN APPEARS etc etc. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED wat is the sun lol what is earth wat r we wer ther ever life on other planets wer did they go if we still here discovering thing wer they doing tge same WER DID THE SUN APPEAR FROM wat is space that has stuff floating out ther stuff thats sometimes detrimental to us WHAT!

[R.the.great.P]

does any one thought about the one who made all this universe what is going to do with us ALLAH is one and only. most gracious most merceful