"solar tsunami : coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading toward Earth.Complex Eruption on the Sun Sends CME toward Earth

[Ashanti Vivia]

Space Weather News

for August 1, 2010

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GLOBAL ERUPTION:  During the early hours of August 1st, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a complex global disturbance on the Earth-facing side of the sun.  Most of the sun's northern hemisphere was involved in the event, which included a long-duration C3-class solar flare, a "solar tsunami," and a massive filament eruption.  As a result of these blasts, a coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading toward Earth.  High-latitude geomagnetic storms and auroras are possible when the cloud arrives a few days hence.  Check http://spaceweather.com for movies and updates.

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