Powerful solar x-flare blasts coronal mass ejection toward Earth

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the NASA-ESA Solar & Heliospheric Observatory mission captured imagery of an X1-class solar flare and ensuing Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on Oct. 28, 2021. A geomatic storm is possible on Oct. 30 and could "spark naked-eye auroras as far south as Illinois and Oregon," according to Spaceweather.com. Read more: https://www.space.com/sun-unleashes-major-x-class-solar-flare-october-2021

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO & AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / SOHO (ESA& NASA) | edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)