National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2010: Magnetic Storms
IMAGE GALLERY
- SOLAR FLARE
Composit of images of the June 6, 2000 solar flare taken in white ligh tand ultraviolet (TRACE)
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!