Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
IMAGE GALLERY
A recent computer model of the sun's magnetic fields in the corona.
This image appears in the #58: Why is the Sun's Corona So Hot? Technology Through Time article.
Space Weather Fact
The fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!
