Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
IMAGE GALLERY
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Picture of an auroral storm over Canada taken from the DMSP satellite at night. (Courtesy - DMSP).
This image appears in the Technology Through Time article, #61: "What Causes An Auroral Storm?".
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!
