Watch the Sun erupt with multiple X-class solar flares in 4K spacecraft time-lapses!

NASA s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare on Aug. 5, 2023 and X1 flare on Aug. 7. See time-lapses of the flares in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO/Helioviewer.org | edited by [Steve Spaleta](https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)