On July 1st, 2013, a large prominence erupted off the Sun's eastern limb and on July 3rd, an M1-class flare made a statement. Neither eruptions were Earth-directed. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped imagery. Credit: NASA / SDO
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped imagery of the eruption on March 16, 2013. The entire event took a little under 4 hours. An extreme ultraviolet light sensing camera was used.