“Sun unleashes monster eruption
January 4, 2002 Posted: 2152 GMT
The sun discharged a powerful burst of energy on Friday, igniting the most complex coronal mass ejection since
an international solar observatory launched six years ago, according to astronomers. The eruption, a twisting assemblage of bright patches that resembles a fantastical dragon, unleashed billions of tons of particles at speeds of about 2.2 million mph (3.5 million km/h).”