How Big is a CME?

This big! The M1.7-class flare that erupted from active region 1461 on Monday, April 16 let loose an enormous coronal mass ejection many, many times the size of Earth — and I for one was glad that our planet was safely tucked out of aim at the time… and 93 million miles away! Read more here. Tagged: [...]

This big!
AIA 304 image of the April 16, 2012 CME with Earth inserted to scale. (NASA/SDO/J. Major)
The M1.7-class flare that erupted from active region 1461 on Monday, April 16 let loose an enormous coronal mass ejection many, many times the size of Earth — and I for one was glad that our planet was safely tucked out of aim at the time… and 93 million miles away!
Read more here.
Tagged: CME, Earth, flare, scale, SDO, solar max, solar system, space, sun