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    Enormous X-ray Solar Flare seen by SOHO

    Date: 28 Oct 2003
    Satellite: SOHO
    Depicts: Sequence of EIT images
    Copyright: ESA

    On 28 October 2003, the Sun released a coronal mass ejection of immense proportions which travelled in the direction of Earth. Bigger than the Sun itself, it hurtled towards Earth at a speed of over 2000 kilometres per second - five times the normal speed of the solar wind.


    Last Update: 19 May 2006

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