Capturing a Coronal Mass Ejection (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Capturing a Coronal Mass Ejection

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This artist's animation depicts STEREO's COR1 imager capturing a coronal mass ejection as it erupts from the sun and speeds toward Earth.

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Walt Feimer, NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center

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