#PhotoOfTheDay: A Brief #Outburst
The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period in Feb, 2015.
The NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captured this extreme ultraviolet wavelength image of the Sun.
A coronal mass ejection (#CME) is a massive burst of solar wind and magnetic fields rising from the Sun's corona and being released into space.
These eruptions can trigger geomagnetic storms on Earth, potentially disrupting satellite communications and power grids.
The NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (#SOHO) is a flagship mission launched in 1995 to study the Sun's interior, outer atmosphere, and the solar wind.
Stationed at the L1 Lagrange point, it provides continuous data vital for space weather forecasting.
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