Sun Blasts Powerful X3.3-Class Solar Flare - See Stunning Spacecraft Views

Sunspot AR3869 erupted with an X3.3-class solar flare.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks.

Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music: A Rising Sun by Alan Ellis / courtesy of Epidemic Sound