Earth-facing sunspot blasts powerful X-flare! See spacecraft's view

Sunspot AR2887 erupted with an X1-class flare on October 28, 2021. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured it in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO & AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams | edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)