Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
POLAR GATEWAYS PODCAST GALLERY
Richard K. Glenn, Board President, BASC and George Oleman, Special Assistant to the Mayor, commemorate the First International Polar Year at Barrow. Photo Credit - Jay Friedlander
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!
