Active Sunspot Shoots Off Intense New Solar Flare The Solar
Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of the sun during
an M6.1 flare that peaked at 7:44 AM EDT on July 5, 2012. The
image is shown in the 304 Angstrom wavelength, which is
typically colorized in red. The sun fired off yet another
intense solar flare today (July 5), the latest in a series of
storms from a busy sunspot being closely watched by space
telescopes and astronomers. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory
snapped a daunting new image of a strong M-class solar flare
that peaked this morning at 7:44 a.m. EDT (1144 GMT). The M6.1
flare triggered a moderate radio blackout that has since
subsided, according to officials at NASA and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The eruption came
from a sprawling sunspot, called Active Region 1515, which has
been particularly dynamic this week. In fact, the sunspot region
has now spewed 12 M-class solar flares since July 3, NASA
officials said in a statement today. The sunspot re