Coronal Mass Ejection as It Left the Sun in the Direction of Earth and Mercury (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Coronal Mass Ejection as It Left the Sun in the Direction of Earth and Mercury

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The European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory captured this image of a coronal mass ejection as it left the sun in the direction of Earth and Mercury on July 16, 2013, at 4:24 a.m. EDT.

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