A solar storm reaches Earth (images)

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On Sunday, a solar flare caused a portion of the plasma in the Sun's atmosphere to break off and fly out into space at a speed of about 5 million miles an hour. Seen here is the coronal mass ejection (CME) ejection of the plasma cloud breaking off from the sun.

January 24, 2012 8:20 AM PST

Photo by: NASA

| Caption by: Martin LaMonica

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I'm glad it wasn't an asteroid that arrived 10 hours earlier than forecasted.
Posted by jhewell (11 comments )
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It's 2012
Posted by puffnstuff23 (56 comments )
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Would this add to global warming ???
Posted by Tennisyoda (2 comments )
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No, but this has increased my secret powers. :-)
Posted by Zaunto (295 comments )
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I looked in the mirror and saw a halo above my head...I've become a saint...My wife looks at me and says "you're bald" get back into bad and put your head where it belongs???????.
Posted by gyro2011 (4 comments )
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i do agree that its 2012...
Posted by aryayi (2 comments )
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