The United States Space Agency (NASA) recorded seconds of the largest solar flare erupting from the Sun on Thursday (28/10). The impact of the most powerful flare to threaten to Earth.
Video captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Orbiter, as quoted from Space, shows a close-up view of the solar flare that erupted between Monday and Thursday (October 25-28).
The event then created the largest solar flare in the X1 class category. As a result of this incident, it amplified the light in the northern hemisphere of the Earth and there was a radio blackout in the region.
For information, the Solar Dynamics Orbiter is a spacecraft that is different from the others. He has the task of tracking the development of the sun, including solar storms.
"This event on the sun casts a spell on us, just in time for Halloween," NASA officials describe the video.
From this NASA video, starting with a series of flares erupting in the Sun from Monday, it's seen partially to the left. After that, the X1 class solar flare was observed to explode on Thursday which was directed towards Earth.
These solar flare levels are classified in a letter system. Class C refers to the relatively weekly occurrence, Class M is more moderate, and Class X is the strongest.
The solar flare is known to eject a coronal mass, which throws charged solar particles outward at a speed of more than 2.5 million mph or the equivalent of 4 million kph.
Charged particles from the sun interact with the upper atmosphere, causing a very fine glow. The Earth's magnetic field channels these particles toward the poles, much like the aurora.
