Coronographic Image of the Earth-Directed CME (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Coronographic Image of the Earth-Directed CME

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The SOHO LASCO C3 instrument captured this coronographic image of the Earth-directed CME. The bright white object to the right is the planet Mercury.

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ESA & NASA/SOHO

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