SDO Captures X1.4 Solar Flare on July 12, 2012

This movie shows the sun July 11-12, ending with the X1.4 class flare on July 12, 2012. It was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in the 304 Angstrom wavelength - a wavelength colorized most like the sun. There is also a coronal mass ejection associated with this flare.