STRONG FLARE: AR11261 unleashed a brief but strong M9-class solar flare on July 30th at 0209 UT. Because of its brevity, the eruption probably did not hurl a substantial CME toward Earth, but this is not yet a firm conclusion Three big sunspot groups are rotating across the Earth-facing side of the sun. One of them, AR1261, is morphing into a circular ring. The magnetic field of this shape-shifting sunspot is crackling with C- and M-class solar flares, including a powerful M9-blast to begin the day on July 30th. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of more such flares during the next 24 hours. Above information extracted from spaceweather.com SolarIMG website solarimg.org Soho Website http Solar Soft website www.lmsal.com Helioviewer www.helioviewer.org Quality Dedicated Solar Website Link solarimg.org Estimated Planetary K index information www.swpc.noaa.gov GOES Xray Flux Data www.swpc.noaa.gov Sunspot Information from Solar Monitor www.solarmonitor.org Earthquake Forecasting Channel youtube.com Space Weather Website www.spaceweather.com Geomagnetic storm scale index www.swpc.noaa.gov Intro music used is royalty free and created by Kevin MacLeod