A Coronal Mass Ejection on Jan. 20, 2005 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Coronal Mass Ejection on Jan. 20, 2005

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A coronal mass ejection on Jan. 20, 2005, produced an extreme amount of solar particles, seen as white static in this imagery from ESA/NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Closer to Earth, it created a solar storm with an unusual combination of strong and weak effects.

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