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The Bastille Day Flare or '''Bastille Day Event''' was a powerful Solar Flare on July 14 , 2000 occurring near the peak of the Solar Maximum . Active region 9077 produced an X5-class flare, which caused an S3 Radiation Storm on Earth fifteen minutes later as energetic Proton s bombarded the Ionosphere . The proton event was four times more intense than any previously recorded. The flare was followed by a full-halo Coronal Mass Ejection .