Solar Flare

From #NASA:

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 2:23 EDT today. Our Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. 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. More:http://go.nasa.gov/1K7VbgR 

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