October 30, 2003
Coronal Mass Ejection
Solar activity is shown in an image made by NASA (news - web sites)'s SOHO Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument at 6:30 a.m. (1130 GMT) on October 28, 2003. The cloud, known to astronomers as a coronal mass ejection, is the one of the strongest ever detected since scientists started measuring these phenomena a quarter-century ago. When that cloud of particles gets here, perhaps by midday Wednesday, it could have severe effects, such as affecting some modern electronics and navigation equipment. (ESA Soho/NASA via Reuters - Handout)
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I was here, Rita........and where, btw, are you?
Posted by: Leah at October 31, 2003 11:04 AMPost a comment