Sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th at 1653 UT.

Because this sunspot is directly facing Earth, everything about the blast was geoeffective. Associated with this blast was a Strong R3 Radio Blackout over central America.

For one thing, it hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward our planet. According to a forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the CME will hit Earth on July 14th around 10:20 UT (+/- 7 hours) and could spark strong geomagnetic storms.

The next video shows a planet  sized Tornado whirls on Sun’s surface which took place from July 9 to July 11, prior to the major X1.4 solar flare on July 12, 2012.

Source and author: spaceweather * SolarWatcher * EriGIA007  Solar Flare