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'Intense' Solar Flare Will Cause Major Geomagnetic Storms and Aurora Displays, NASA Says

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Authorities predict that states as far south as Oregon and Illinois will be able to see auroras between now and Oct. 6 .

On Tuesday , NASA announced that its Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of a massive solar flare classified as an X7.1-strength flare.

On Thursday , NASA also announced that the observatory had captured even more images of another, even stronger flare that marked the strongest one recorded this season .