Sun Unleashes An X1.4 Solar Flare and a CME (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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A large coronal mass ejection (CME) shot off the West (right) side of the sun at 6:24 p.m. ET on Sept. 21, 2011. The CME is moving away from Earth at about 900 miles per second.

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