Solar Flare Triggers Radio Blackout

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Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)

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The sun fired off a powerful solar flare this morning .

The X-class solar flare peaked at an X.12 at 6:40 a.m. EST ( 1140 GMT ) on Friday ( Jan. 3 ) It triggered a radio blackout event for parts of the Southern Atlantic , Africa and parts of eastern South America .

The event came in as an R3 on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Space Weather Scale.

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