The biggest solar flare of 2014 has been captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The solar flare was emitted by the sun on February 24 and the event was captured by the observatory in multiple wavelengths.

Giant flashes of light in the SDO images are actually powerful bursts of radiation emitted by the sun, called as solar flares.

No threat is posed by harmful radiation from a solar flare to human beings on earth as it cannot pass through earth's atmosphere, but high intensity of radiations are capable of disturbing the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communication signals travel.

The solar flare erupted from an already active sunspot region and scientists classified it as an X4.9-class flare. The intensity of the sun's storm was the fieriest in 2014 and last time it was so powerful in 2012.

Scientists have said the sun is likely to hurl more solar flares in future that may be dangerous for earth. Several flights were cancelled two years ago after radio signals were disrupted by the impacts of solar flares or solar storms.
Scientists are worried over the increased activity on the sun after the flares were witnessed to be most intense this time in several months.

It was really a lucky escape that the flares did not strike areas close to our earth. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center said, "This region will continue to rotate into a better position to affect Earth over the next week or so". Well, this is a relief because there is no issue to panic at the moment.