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Coronal Mass Ejection in late January 2010

Fiery arcs rise above an active region on the surface of the Sun in this pair of images of a coronal mass ejection on January 27, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Coronal Mass Ejection in late January 2010.

NASA images courtesy the STEREO Science Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek, based on interpretation provided by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Website’s Pick of the Week.

Published February 13, 2010
Data acquired January 27, 2010

Source:: STEREO