23 January 2012 a large solar flare triggered a coronal mass ejection travelling at 1400 km/s.
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a huge cloud of magnetised plasma from the Sun’s atmosphere – the corona – thrown into interplanetary space
CMEs can produce geomagnetic storms when they reach Earth.
Here you can watch an impressive video. (via ESA)
∞ | 7:03 pm | 25Jan2012 | 89♥
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Scary thing. But we need it.
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how long until they reach earth?
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