National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2010: Magnetic Storms
IMAGE GALLERY
- SOLAR FLARE
Composit of images of the June 6, 2000 solar flare taken in white ligh tand ultraviolet (TRACE)
NASA Fact
Earth's magnetic poles reverse their geographic locations every 300,000 years. The last event happened 780,000 years ago.