Coronal Mass Ejection Cloud

Credit: SOHO/ESA/NASA · Download full size image

LASCO C2/C3 composite image series showing a CME cloud emerging from the Sun and an ensuing proton blast that struck the SOHO instrument on 5 November 1998. Protons accelerated to 10% the speed of light arrived at SOHO in about an hour, causing numerous bright points and streaks in the last two images. Posted on: 31 Mar, 2003

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