National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2010: Magnetic Storms
IMAGE GALLERY
The solar surface is like a magnetic carpet with small fields reconnecting to make larger ones (Courtesy - SOHO).
NASA Fact
The March 13, 1989 Quebec blackout, the result of a major geomagnetic storm, caused a $6 billion loss to the Canadian economy.