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> The Sun seen by SDO - August 2012

The Sun seen by SDO - August 2012

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-sol02-40036

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, causing aurora to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.

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2012 - ASTRONOMY - ERUPTION - GLOBAL VIEW - PROMINENCE - SDO - SOLAR FLARE - STAR - SUN - ULTRAVIOLET - UV -