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NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare.
See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," according to Spaceweather.com.

Credit: NASA/IRIS/SDO/Helio Viewer | Edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music: Jupiter Aurora by David Celeste / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
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