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Volcanic Eruption

Not a volcano really, but a spectacular solar blast of particles called a coronal mass ejection viewed in extreme UV light. A small part of this cloud fell back to the Sun's surface but much more rocketed into space at over a million miles per hour.

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Uploaded on February 6, 2012
Taken on February 6, 2012