Public domain
Halo CME
From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A giant cloud appears to expand outward from the sun in all directions in this image from Sept. 28, 2012, which is called a halo CME. This kind of image occurs when a CME moves toward Earth – as here – or directly away from it. Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO CME WEEK: What To See in CME Images Two main types of explosions occur on the sun: solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHalo CME. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000975.
