Recently there was an unusual solar storm on the Sun, which formed a giant fire canyon. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory showed a vivid animation of this huge ejection of charged plasma. The solar wind reached Earth in April 2022. And on August 9, after a solar flare, charged particles bombarded our planet again. At 600 kilometers per second [372 miles per second], they collided into Earth's magnetosphere, causing auroras. The northern lights were visible in U.S. states from Maine to New York.

60K views · 309 reactions | A “significant” solar flare exploded from the sun on Thursday, NASA reports, prompting a “strong geomagnetic storm watch” for Saturday. The flare, pointed out in the video, is an X-1 flare — the strongest classification. | CBS News | Facebook