Animation of Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) [HD Video]
A burst of fast material from the sun generates magnetic reconnection events in Earth's magnetic field. This eventually sends high-speed electrons and protons into Earth's upper atmosphere to form aurorae.
Credit: NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab
To read more about this animation go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/briefing-materials-20...
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.
Animation of Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) [HD Video]
A burst of fast material from the sun generates magnetic reconnection events in Earth's magnetic field. This eventually sends high-speed electrons and protons into Earth's upper atmosphere to form aurorae.
Credit: NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab
To read more about this animation go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/briefing-materials-20...
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.