Illustration of Stealth CME Model (IMAGE)
Caption
Watch the evolution of a stealth CME in this simulation. Differential rotation creates a twisted mass of magnetic fields on the sun, which then pinches off and speeds out into space. The image of the sun is from NASA's STEREO. Colored lines depict magnetic field lines, and the different colors indicate in which layers of the sun's atmosphere they originate. The white lines become stressed and form a coil, eventually erupting from the sun.
Credit
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/ARMS/Joy Ng, producer
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