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NASA Releases Awesome Images of Massive Solar Flare Heading Toward Earth [VIDEO]


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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 F Continue reading...
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