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Breaking the quiet in spectacular fashion, a magnetic filament erupted from the sun's northern hemisphere on Sept. 29th. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory(SDO) recorded the blast:
Another movie from SDO zooms in to show the filament ripping through the sun's atmosphere and leaving behind a "canyon of fire." The glowing "canyon" traces the channel where magnetic forces held the filament aloft before the explosion.
This event also hurled a magnificent CME into space. The magnetized cloud, which left the sun traveling approximately 900 km/s (2 million mph). Our planet's magnetosphere will receive a glancing blow on Oct. 2-3. Polar geomagnetic storms and auroras are possible when the CME arrives. Stay tuned for updates.
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