Nasa cameras have captured images of a solar flare erupting from the surface of the sun.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an image of a mid-level solar flare on March 11, 2015, seen as a bright flash of light close to the center of the solar disk.
The X-class flare, the strongest category of Sun storm possible, was the first of its size in 2015.
Solar flares are intense emissions of radiation that can disrupt global positioning, radio, and satellite signals, but cannot penetrate Earth's atmosphere.
They produce enhanced emission in all wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum, including radio, optical, UV, hard and soft X-rays, and gamma-rays.
Researchers classify solar flares according to their brightness in the X-ray wavelengths.
There are three categories of solar flares: C, M, and X.