Source - Space Weather News for Nov. 6, 2010: http://spaceweather.com
 BRIGHT SOLAR FLARE: Active sunspot 1121 has just unleashed one of the  brightest x-ray solar flares in several years, an M5.4-class eruption at  15:36 UT on Nov. 6th. Radiation from the flare created a wave of  ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere that altered the propagation of  low-frequency radio waves.  There was, however, no bright CME (plasma  cloud) hurled in our direction, so the event is unlikely to produce  auroras in the nights ahead.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for a movie of the eruption and more information about this increasingly active sunspot.
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Saturday, November 06, 2010
Bright X-ray Solar Flare
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