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![[VIDEO] - Venus Cloud Tops Brace For Sun's 'Floral' Flare | Science News | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/vnLf7P1A5PuTXRYQP5J6pjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
The Sun produced a colorful flare on January 16, 2011 resembling a flower and the ensuing coronal mass ejection was pointed towards Venus. Damage to the planet's vast atmosphere is expected to be minimal, with slight cloud top erosion.
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Coronal mass ejections can be very powerful. If one strong enough hit earth, it could wipe out radio communication, power lines, and various other very bad things. The reason the CME would cause aurora borealis, also known as northern lights, is because when the sun has a solar storm, it sometimes shoots radiation out into our solar system. If this ejection hits a planet, the gravitational pull would take these particles and pull them towards the poles of the planet. The radiation would then make what we know as the northern lights. I used to think that the aurora borealis only could happen on earth but, I guess it can also happen anywhere in the universe. ET