CME and Earth (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

CME and Earth

Caption

Among other things, the SwRI-led PUNCH mission will image coronal mass ejections, such as this Aug. 31, 2012, event. The Earth is shown to scale, whereas its distance is not. The Earth is much farther from the Sun than indicated here.

Credit

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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