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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: First 3-D Pictures of Solar Explosions Created


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Ionized helium rises from the sun on September 29, 2008, in an image from the STEREO stereo spacecraft.

Other STEREO pictures are being used to create the first 3-D images of solar storms, NASA said in April 2009. The 3-D images should help shorten warning times for harmful space weather headed for Earth.

Image courtesy NASA