Space Weather Essentials 
This illustration shows a coronal mass ejection (CME) blasting off the Sun’s surface in the direction of Earth. Such storms can produce aurora and technological effects on Earth. For a nice QuickTime clip that provides an overview of Space Weather go to these links: http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/classroom/nordlys_english.mov (large) or http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/classroom/nordlys_small.mov (small).
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