Coronal Mass Ejection Jan. 7, 2014 (VIDEO)
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On Jan. 7, 2014, the sun's surface erupted with an unusually large explosion, called coronal mass ejection (CME), with NOAA releasing a significant false alarm geomagnetic storm at Earth. This initial structure seen as magnetic loops just south of center on the solar disc reached out above the solar surface.
These field loops are seen using three overlaid wavelength channels from the SDO spacecraft (171, 193, 211 AIA instrument). The loop structures can be seen to be anchored to concentrated magnetic structures on the solar surface (blue and green highlights seen using SDO's HMI instrument).
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Dr. Neel Savani, Imperial College London
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