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Nasa documents coronal mass ejection
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/flare1.jpgAn image taken from the Nasa video shows an overlay blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. (An angstrom is a unit of measurement for very small distances such as inter-atomic spacings and certain wavelengths) Photograph: Nasa/GSFC/SDO
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Nasa documents coronal mass ejection
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/flare2.jpgThis is an overlay blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. Photograph: Nasa/GSFC/SDO
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Nasa documents coronal mass ejection
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/flare3.jpgA lighten blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. Photograph: Nasa/GSFC/SDO
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Nasa documents coronal mass ejection
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/flare5.jpgA lightened blended version of the 304 and 171 angstrom wavelengths. Photograph: Nasa/GSFC/SDO
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Nasa documents coronal mass ejection
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/flare6.jpgThe image above includes an image of Earth to show the size of the CME compared to the size of Earth. Photograph: Nasa/GSFC/SDO
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Nasa documents coronal mass ejection
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/panel.jpgThe coronal mass ejection shown in four different extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. Clockwise from upper left, the wavelengths are: 335, 171, 131, 304 angstroms. Photograph: Nasa/GSFC/SDO
