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Solar Max: Amazing Sun Storm Photos of 2013

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Earth-Directed CME of August 21, 2013

Credit: NASA/ESA SOHO
On August 21, 2013 at 1:24 am EDT, the Sun erupted with another Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space and reach Earth one to three days later. [Read the Full Story Here]