A Sunspot AR3873 erupted with an X1.8-class solar flare.<br />NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. <br /><br />Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta<br />Music: A Rising Sun by Alan Ellis / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
