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On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material erupted into space. This image, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows the breathtaking coronal mass ejection (CME) 93 million miles 745 miles per second It would almost seem In the blink of an eye You travel on your solar flare Arriving at my doorstep Before I’ve had time To put down my book Or earmark the page Explaining E = mc2 And other important theories Of the Universe But the event at hand Is much more pressing And appears to be based On the Laws of Physics Whereby a plume Of plasma will eject From a superheated Celestial body However, these particles Won’t take three days To reach us here For we have already been scorched LiNdA...
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