NASA is keeping a close eye on that solar flare that started on Thursday, July 12, and now it’s released dramatic time-lapse video and photos of the flare that’s found its way to Earth.

There’s nothing to fear with this solar dustup — although it’s rated X1.4, barely within the “extreme” range, it’s not expected to cause any damage to electronic equipment, either in orbit or here on terra firma.

However, as we mentioned in our previous post about this latest solar flare, there might be some unusually southern northern lights tonight, so it might be a good idea to go outside and take a look if you live north of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Barcelona or Paris (approximately 40 degrees North latitude).

Meanwhile, take a gander at these dramatic photos from NASA, showing our mighty Sun having a mild hissy fit:

Pics and video courtesy NASA

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  1. Common guys, the flare isn’t heading our way, the Coronal Mass Ejection or CME is. Get you tech speak together…



  2. i’m living in Tunisia , my brothers have seen something very strange in the sky, so they called me to check it , it was at 01:03 morning , it’s like a cloud moving too fast , when you focus on it disapear , it’s like an illusion wich when you move your eye from it you feel it’s moving , i’m 100% sure of what i saw , so i thaught it might be an aurora related to this solar flare , can some one explain his for me ?