Explosion On Back Side of Sun

Seashore · 06-22-2009, 08:52 AM

This headline appears on the Earthfiles website today. Here is the notice:

June 22, 2009, 1:06 AM Eastern,
latest image of sun by SOHO

June 21 - 22, 2009

Spaceweather.com: “Late near midnight on June 21st, something behind the sun's eastern limb exploded and hurled a coronal mass ejection into space. The expanding cloud is not directed at Earth. The explosion could herald the emergence of a far side active region. Readers with solar telescopes should be alert for further activity.” Click to CME movie.

06-22-2009, 08:52 AM	#1
Seashore Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,564	Explosion On Back Side of Sun This headline appears on the Earthfiles website today. Here is the notice: June 22, 2009, 1:06 AM Eastern, latest image of sun by SOHO June 21 - 22, 2009 Spaceweather.com: “Late near midnight on June 21st, something behind the sun's eastern limb exploded and hurled a coronal mass ejection into space. The expanding cloud is not directed at Earth. The explosion could herald the emergence of a far side active region. Readers with solar telescopes should be alert for further activity.” Click to CME movie.