Coronal Mass Ejection 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.—NASA Image via Flickr. NASA also posted a video of the CME captured by three of its observatories.

Coronal Mass Ejection

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.—NASA

Image via Flickr. NASA also posted a video of the CME captured by three of its observatories.

136 notes

Show

  1. burn-bright3r-than-th3-sun reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  2. crowsupporter reblogged this from politicalprof
  3. baveshmoorthy reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  4. feelthetrepidation reblogged this from thatheathen
  5. hoburt reblogged this from fromstarstostarfish
  6. thatheathen reblogged this from america-wakiewakie
  7. pensamiento-serpentino reblogged this from america-wakiewakie
  8. fromstarstostarfish reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  9. bananena reblogged this from iwishiwereawhitegirl
  10. brightestofcentaurus reblogged this from pineapple-soup
  11. elephantasious reblogged this from politicalprof
  12. allthelovely-things reblogged this from oswald33
  13. total-todd-review reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  14. natsandboltz reblogged this from politicalprof
  15. fortress-solitude reblogged this from politicalprof
  16. andrallardna reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  17. 8atlaz reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  18. jhonnycarter reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    Well fuck.
  19. keepyourselfaware reblogged this from waltsontanaka
  20. aspiretoinspireothers reblogged this from preludeofthebreath
  21. waltsontanaka reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  22. oswald33 reblogged this from smile91 and added:
    Coronal Mass Ejection On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s...
  23. filosofiaecafe reblogged this from politicalprof
  24. lauracia reblogged this from kuelat
  25. kuelat reblogged this from futurejournalismproject

Blog comments powered by Disqus