Yesterday, many users posted movies of the first X-class flare of 2014:

– from Youtube user otraLoly

– _from Youtube user Jorge Armando Cazares
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As a result of this flare and the accompanying coronal mass ejection, the
Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are anticipating strong Geomagnetic Storm conditions to occur on January 9 and 10.

The high level of radiation due to this eruptive event also led to the scrubbing of a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Thanks again to our users for sharing their movies!