~INCOMING SOLAR FLARES~~ 7~30~11 [1]

STRONG FLARE: Sunspot AR1261 unleashed a brief but strong M9-class [2] solar flare on July 30th at 0209 UT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the flare's extreme ultraviolet flash:

SHAPE-SHIFTING SUNSPOT: Three big sunspot groups are rotating across the Earth-facing side of the sun. One of them, AR1261, is morphing into a circular ring