Spectacular solar storm reaches Earth
January 25th 2012 21:37
A solar radiation storm caused by a coronal mass ejection is blasting past the Earth
CBS
On Sunday, a solar flare caused a portion of the plasma in the Sun's atmosphere to break off and fly out into space at a speed of about 5 million miles an hour. Seen here is the coronal mass ejection (CME) ejection of the plasma cloud breaking off from the sun.
Author: Martin LaMonica
Credit: NASA
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