Major X2.3 Solar Flare - October 29, 2013

Dim lights

MAJOR X-FLARE !!
Another X-Flare from departing region 11875 was reported at 21:54 UTC. The eruption peaked to X2.3 and produced a R2 level radio blackout and type IV radio sweep. A very large Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) has followed the blast but as the active region was rotating off the disk, the direction of the CME will not have an earth bound component.