Saturday, March 17, 2012

Huge Coronal Hole Is Sending Solar Wind Our Way

Huge Coronal Hole Is Sending Solar Wind Our Way:

SDO AIA 211 image showing a large triangular hole in the Sun's corona on March 13
An enormous triangular hole in the Sun’s corona was captured earlier today by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, seen above from the AIA 211 imaging assembly. This gap in the Sun’s atmosphere is allowing more charged solar particles to stream out into the Solar System… and toward Earth as well.


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