SOHO Coronagraphic Image of the Solar Flare (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

SOHO Coronagraphic Image of the Solar Flare

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SOHO also captured this coronagraphic (a telescopic attachment designed to block out the direct light from a star so that nearby objects can be seen) image of the CME as it moves further out into the heliosphere.

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ESA & NASA/SOHO/GSFC

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