NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured video of a powerful solar flare – the video was posted on the agency’s blog site.

The researchers observed the peak of the star’s activity on the night of January 6. An X1.2 class was assigned to the epidemic. Classes of solar flares are indicated by letters, among them the X-class is the strongest. Within each class, the numbers 1 to 10 represent the relative strength of the flash.

The source of the glow was sunspot AR3182. The last flash did not touch the Earth. But due to the Sun’s rotation, the point will soon point towards our planet, causing new flares and coronal mass ejections.

Previously, experts from the American company Google tested the effect of strong solar storms on the performance of Internet cables laid under water.

According to the researchers, glare from the Sun can cause serious voltage fluctuations in the entire infrastructure. As a result, experts learned that the optical fiber itself is not affected by voltage fluctuations, since the cable has conductive copper elements and optical signal amplifiers are located on various parts.