On August 31 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the suns atmosphere the corona erupted out into space at 436 pm EDT The coronal mass ejection or CME traveled at over 900 miles per second The CME did not travel directly toward Earth but did connect with Earths magnetic environment or magnetosphere causing aurora to appear on the night of Monday September 3 Picuted here is a lighten blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths Cropped Credit NASAGSFCSDO NASA image use policy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASAs mission through four scientific endeavors Earth Science Heliophysics Solar System Exploration and Astrophysics Goddard plays a leading role in NASAs accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agencys mission Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Find us on Instagram
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