Solar flare: Sun sends out its own version of fireworks for July 4 (VIDEO)

The sun is sending Earth its on version of fireworks tomorrow with a giant solar flare. 

A wave of plasma from a flare set off on July 2, could reach Earth by the start of the July 4 Independence Day celebrations in the US, Space.com reported.

The flare came from sunspot AR1515. It is expected to be one of several strong solar storms in the days ahead, space weather officials said.

The flare registered as a class M5.6 solar storm, Yahoo reported.

Sun storms come in three primary classes. The weakest storms are C-class flares, which have little to no effect on Earth. M-class flares are moderate solar storms capable of setting off a spectacular show by the Northern Lights. The strongest storms are known as X-class, capable of damaging satellites and damage power lines on Earth. 

Solar storms can emit a coronal mass ejection (CME) which are caused when the magnetic field in the sun's atmosphere gets disrupted and then the sun's plasma erupts and sends charged particles into space. Spaceweather.com wrote that the flare did send a CME, but it is not expected to hit Earth.

According to MSNBC, the sun is in the midst of an upswing in its 11-year activity cycle. It is expected to hit its maximum in 2013. 

Check out the video below of the solar flare sent out on July 2: 

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