Double CME -- 6 June 2000

explanatory image The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded this image of two coronal mass ejections, Venus and Mars. The first is evident at the top of the figure, while the second appears as a `halo' event as the sequence progresses.

The blue disk blocks out the Sun's bright light; the white circle near the center shows the true size of the Sun.

6 June 2000 CME w/planets movie

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Mark Wilber
Last modified: Thu Jun 8 19:35:44 PDT 2000