Sun Unleashed Massive Plasma Plume With Strong Flare

Sunspot AR3835 erupted with an M3.4-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