On Jan. 9, 2014, at 2:32 p.m. EST, a CME that left the sun on Jan. 7, reached near-Earth space.
The aurora shimmered in the night sky over Tromsø, Norway, on Jan. 9, 2014, after a coronal mass ejection arrived in near-Earth space, following a two-day journey from the sun.
Image Courtesy of Harald Albrigtsen