National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2009: Our Sun Yours to Discover
IMAGE GALLERY
- STEREO (Behind) - December 16-17, 2007
STEREO (Behind) observed in profile the bending and twisting loops above an active region as it rotates to and around the edge of the Sun over two days in EUVI 171 wavelength (Dec. 16-17, 2007).
NASA 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!