Spit of Satan Solar Flare Seen By NASA Satellite, Video

On its way over the limb, as the Sun rotates, sunspot AR2365 popped a massive coronal mass ejection into space on 18 June 2015. The cloud of charged plasma was not, fortunately, moving along the line between Earth and Sun. It will miss us, this time. But two other sunspots are Earthfacing at the time of this writing. Attack of the Sun VIdeo Show: Credit: NASA, SDO, mash mix: