Anatomy of a STEREO Sun Image (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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NASA's STEREO mission observed a coronal mass ejection on July 23, 2012 - one of the fastest CMEs on record. The video uses STEREO imagery from this rare event to describe features to pay attention to when viewing STEREO data.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/STEREO/Joy Ng, producer

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